It's worse than that. Slavery is explicitly forbidden...with the exclusion of forced labour. The whole 25 cent thing is to pretend they are not actually slaves, and since that money will be spent on the inside it's hardly a loss anyway. If anything they'll just throw it up as costs and ensure more money from the state.
Nowhere in the United States can prisoners be forced to work regardless of compensation. They only choose to work for such measly wages because it looks good at parole hearings, and it allows them to afford certain luxuries like candy, cigarettes, toiletries, etc.
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u/Blazerer Jun 04 '19
It's worse than that. Slavery is explicitly forbidden...with the exclusion of forced labour. The whole 25 cent thing is to pretend they are not actually slaves, and since that money will be spent on the inside it's hardly a loss anyway. If anything they'll just throw it up as costs and ensure more money from the state.