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It is slavery, as allowed for under the US constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_exception_clause
It's not involuntary, though. They have to apply for the program, and can stop if they want.
Unless no one volunteers. Then they're forced to do it upon threat of torture and further loss of rights, and usually more prison time added.
There is nothing voluntary about labor coerced.
Citation needed.