In several states, prisoners are forced to work unpaid for the personal convenience of elected officials.

It is pointless to condemn Clinton personally for accepting in the 1980s a practice which was not controversial at the time. Instead of that distraction, it's better to focus on the practice itself. We should stop coercing prisoners to work on anything other than running the prison, and if they do do such work they should get the same wage as free labor. They should also be allowed to join the union for such work.