But the majority of the USA citizens don't think of themselves as being danger of being sent to prison for a long enough period of time to be exploited that way... and while the USA might have one of the largest prison populations on the planet its not a common experience for the majority of the population.

So I think there is an argument that it cannot be assumed that the typical un-incarcerated USA citizen might not feel much solidarity with the incarcerated population. I'm finding myself thinking this fact might be something that would strengthen Sakara's point.