AMENDMENT XIII

Section 1.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Slavery still exists in the USA. This isn't the same as job programs for reinsertion like in other countries - this is openly described as slavery.

And if you doubt it, see these:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/inmates-at-louisianas-an...

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/06/22/prison-slavery...

At what point is it forced/not forced to you?

This was related to an Arizona Correctional Industries prison labor contract. In Arizona, labor is mandatory. They either work in these corporate-tied programs or they have to work some other kind of job at the prison. Is that really a choice?