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Slave Labor O.K. FLSA Does Not Apply to Detainees
Loaded on July 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2000, page 20
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Conditions of Confinement,
Jail Specific,
Fair Labor Standards Act.
Location:
Pennsylvania.
The Third Circuit court of appeals has held that detainees who won their appeals, but the state appealed further, are still "duly convicted" detainees for purposes of the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition on slavery, even if the detainee ultimately prevails on appeal. The Third Circuit also held …
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