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Federal Court Upholds Slave Labor

Loaded on Jan. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News January, 1991, page 5
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor. Location: Mississippi.
Can a Mississippi prisoner collect damages for a violation of his constitutional and civil rights because he was forced to work on private property without pay? The U.S. Court of Appeals says no, even in the face of a state law prohibiting inmates from doing private work.

The court held ...

 

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