From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Giant step backwards in time
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:36:37 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

    I thought there was a "non compete" clause to most
prison labor. Things made by prisoners can't be sold
commercially, they can't do jobs in the outside world.  I
do know there was criticism of China for selling products
made in prisons.

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 09:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
  Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was under the impression virtually all prison
> systems use prison labor.
>
> In NY State most of the furniture at the State
> University is made by prison labor.  The prisons are
> cleaned by prisoners. The prison laundry is staffed by
> prisoners.  License plates are made by prisoners.
> Many prisons have farms where produce that is eaten by
> the inmates is grown.
>
> The work is more or less voluntary.  You cannot be
> forced to hold a prison job, but if you do not, you
> only receive "idle pay" of 25 cents a day, which
> doesn't go very far in your prison commissary account.
>
> Cathy
>
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