[stonecraftwolf]

IIRC the first prison in the US was established in Auburn, NY specifically because slavery had been outlawed and some sociopath was like “ok, yeah, technically, but if we just convict them of a crime first...”

[ceejayoz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary serves as a notable modern example.

[lupire]

No. The Auburn prison was not the first prison, and it employed prisoner slave labor before slavery was outlawed.

Prison slavery existed before chattel slavery was rerouted through the prison system.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_system