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Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2012 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News August, 2012, page 26
Filed under: Government Misconduct, Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Elections. Location: Texas.
by Matt Clarke

When Republican Texas State Representative Debbie Riddle scheduled her “Riddle Executive Leadership Summit” at the Lanier Theological Library in August 2011, the agenda mentioned several “esteemed discussion leaders,” a buffet reception and special gifts for large campaign donors. According to an article in the Houston Chronicle, those …

 

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