التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Contemporary Slavery: The Not-So-Secret Practice of Forced Labor Inside U.S. Prisons. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ankney, Douglas |
| المصدر: |
Prison Legal News; Jun2024, Vol. 35 Issue 6, p1-8, 7p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
FORCED labor, STATE laws, PRISONS, BEACHES, SLAVERY, CURFEWS, MINIMUM wage laws |
| مستخلص: |
The article explores the issue of forced labor in U.S. prisons, tracing its historical origins and discussing its current existence. It highlights the legal framework that allows slavery as a form of punishment for crimes and mentions the past practice of convict leasing. The article also addresses the use of prison labor for industrial jobs and the alleged profiting of private firms and government agencies. It emphasizes the racial disparities in the prison system and the similarities between prison labor and slavery. Efforts to ban prison slavery and improve working conditions are mentioned, as well as a lawsuit against a private prison company for underpaying immigrant detainees. The text concludes with information about a court case in Washington state where detainees sued for fair wages and the publication of a book providing guidance for prisoners seeking habeas corpus relief. [Extracted from the article] |
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