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Cons Entitled to Minimum Wage
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1992
by Adrian Lomax
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1992, page 8
By Adrian Lomax
Filed under:
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Federal Statutory Law,
Fair Labor Standards Act.
Location:
Arizona.
In an encouraging decision, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that prisoners employed by the industry program in Arizona state prisons must be paid minimum wage.
Arizona prisoners are required by statute to "engage in hard labor for not less than forty hours per ...
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