if slavery actually became legal in America, would other countries do anything?

"You should have thought about that before!" isn't really helpful or productive. Yeah, people fucked up. No one is claiming they aren't responsible for their actions. We're simply explaining that perma fucking someone over isn't pushing them towards redemption.

"But what about the rapists and murderers?!"

Yeah, again, no one is talking about those people. Except you. THOSE criminals need to stay locked up, but the lesser criminals shouldn't be place in the same bracket if they're willing to improve their behavior.

Some people make mistakes. Some people are truly desperate. For some reason you seem to want to place those people with the genuinely monstrous.

And people with that mentality is why prison slave labor is tolerated in this country. Because you've decided that they "deserve" it. You've decided that ex-cons should be treated like they're still convicts.

You want to reduce crime? Focus on why people resort to crime and address that. Again , not talking about rapists and murderers.

You want to make sure a criminal doesn't regress back to crime? Help them pick up the pieces of their life. Make sure they're in a situation that fosters rehabilitation.

Or keep throwing them to the wolves and scratch your head over why the teen who got busted for drugs turns into a monster because their choices were either join a gang or get shanked.

We're a "Christian nation", apparently.