1. Arpaio decided to use inmate labor to save taxpayer money and to show inmates what happens to people who die of drug abuse or from criminal activity. 2. County programs that used inmate labor to refurbish roads, build county offices and maintain schools and parks will disappear over the next year. 3. Foundries at the segregated state prison in Rusk used African-American inmate labor to make water pipe, bathtubs and construction materials. 4. Last year, the prison system experimented with inmate labor at four wilderness areas where there was no public contact. 5. Nationwide, inmate labor sometimes arouses resentment from unions and local contractors. 6. Rosenberg said inmate labor would save money while allowing inmates to learn a trade. 7. The sheriff provided inmate labor and his wife solicited donations. 8. They may use inmate labor to make the Toyla Tabs. 9. To opponents, inmate labor is both a potential human rights abuse and a threat to workers outside prison walls. 10. While most sheriffs have complained ceaselessly about crowding in recent years, those in small counties with little income have grown dependent on inmate labor. |