I am 100% sure that the current Supreme Court will never let <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/3244/text" rel="nofollow">https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/3244...</a> (which prohibits involuntary servitude since the year 2000) come in the way of prison slavery.<p>Moreover, the Civil War looks to have been for nothing, as there always was the exemption to lock up any number of people and enslave them, without restriction. A trial-by-jury wouldn't help in this regard if the law itself is unreasonable.<p>I argue that the existence of prison slavery also contributes to the suppression of developing AI and robotics technology to do the same work.