and if you don't you just get to sit in a box and stare at the wall all day.

You not being aware of it doesn't mean it doesnt exist.

> Five states – Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas – force prisoners to work without pay.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/27/slavery-loop...

Gotta love those ignorant commentators.

Absence of evidence never equates with a fact that none exist.

Hence science is never final, just the facts.

In the federal system, inmates are offered “GCT”, Good Conduct Time, where they get released from 15% of the sticker price time of their bid.

It’s subject to revocation. That makes for a powerful carrot. Refusal to work is one of the prohibited acts an inmate can do (called a “shot”) to get it taken away.