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My understanding, which may be out of date, is that goods made in prisons aren't generally sold (they go to supply the prisons themselves, or other government programs), so it isn't a commercial supply chain, and inmates who work are supposed to be volunteers. So it's likely to slither through based on one or the other of those things.
Your understanding is hella wrong. Also is it any better if they make stuff for the military industrial complex? You're also wrong about supposed to be voluntary. Sure it's voluntary, but inmates gets punished one way or another if they don't.
https://www.mashed.com/785722/whole-foods-used-prison-labor-for-this-product-until-2015/
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/prison-labor-is-remarkably-common-within-the-food-system/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States
It's literally in the 13th amendment, slavery is legal for inmates.
13th amendment is not applicable in Canada. Note which community you are posting in π.
But is there labour from American prisons in Canadian supply chains?