I get that, but it feels like you're minimising the perpetuation of actual slavery in the USA by the private prison industry and by biased and unfair sentencing.

A lot of the black guys in prison are there for extraordinarily long sentences for extremely minor offences like smoking weed or stealing food from the supermarket, they don't have freedom, they don't gave a family life, all they have is working for the profit of the prison and awful accommodation.

You or I on the outside have at least some freedom to go where we like and be with who we like outside working hours, and might even be able to switch to another job. Not so if you're incarcerated.