"Forced Labor" is an active form of "Slavery". "Detention" is a passive form of "Slavery".
So the choice at hand is Slavery vs, Slavery.
A note to the pedantic among us: I did not say "Chattel Slavery", "Modern Slavery", or any other modifiers. The Cambridge English dictionary defines slavery as "The activity of legally owning other people who are forced to work for or obey you" and "The condition of being legally owned by someone else and forced to work for or obey them".
I think we can safely say that this case applies, specifically because, in that country, this system of activity is "Legal".
This argument is at best equivocating. Being in prison is not the same thing as being a slave, and by suggesting that they are the same thing, you do more harm than good.
The existence of prisons are not going away, but we can do away with profiteering off of prison labor easily.
So the choice at hand is Slavery vs, Slavery.
A note to the pedantic among us: I did not say "Chattel Slavery", "Modern Slavery", or any other modifiers. The Cambridge English dictionary defines slavery as "The activity of legally owning other people who are forced to work for or obey you" and "The condition of being legally owned by someone else and forced to work for or obey them".
I think we can safely say that this case applies, specifically because, in that country, this system of activity is "Legal".