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Work Release Prisoners Employees for FLSA Purposes
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held gnat prisoners in a work release program were "employees" under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and that their rights under the 13th Amendment (which forbids slavery and involuntary servitude) were not violated. Prisoners in Louisiana's Livingston Parish Jail, who ...
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