I do the same with m&m and skittles.
Not making an argument for it, but technically they’re using the exception to the amendment. Most states, including California, have it in their state amendments, so unless they put in another Federal amendment it’s going to remain this way.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist
If I’m following news properly, these are probably the juveniles who were taken from their holding facility to fight fires. They are not compensated for this work, but are placed in harm’s way.
There are extensions that make those kinds of thing disappear permantly. Life has been hood since enabling that.