Did I say it wasn't? I specifically referred to the prison labor system. I merely stated that the system of prison slave labor is not comparable to chattel slavery during the colonial period. It isnt good and should be something that is stopped, but it isnt the same or even close to comparable. In chattel slavery, children of the enslaved were automatically slaves, there was no escape from slavery full stop, even if you managed to escape your owner you were still considered a slave and were not a full person and could be returned to slavery at any point.