> No US prisoner is forced to work in any meaningful sense of the word "forced".
"Refusal to work can be met with solitary confinement and physical beatings"
https://web.archive.org/web/20240224172720/https://www.washi...
"Refusal to work can be met with solitary confinement and physical beatings"
https://web.archive.org/web/20240224172720/https://www.washi...
Prolonged solitary confinement is being used for people who do not refuse to work as well, even for people who have not been convicted[1]. You may think it's inhumane, but it not slavery.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_v._Pelzer
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_v._McMillian
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_v._Gamble
[4] https://eu.recordonline.com/story/news/local/2021/07/19/capi...