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Comment by Neal on April 27, 2012 at 7:06pm

It's not jail, it's China. At least wage wise.

Comment by doone on April 23, 2012 at 7:30pm

Where Minimum Wage Laws Don't Apply

Prisons:

The Corrections Corporation of America and G4S (formerly Wackenhut), two prison privatizers, sell inmate labor at subminimum wages to Fortune 500 corporations like Chevron, Bank of America, AT&T and IBM. These companies can, in most states, lease factories in prisons or prisoners to work on the outside.  All told, nearly a million prisoners are now making office furniture, working in call centers, fabricating body armor, taking hotel reservations, working in slaughterhouses or manufacturing textiles, shoes and clothing, while getting paid somewhere between 93 cents and $4.73 per day. 

Comment by Adriana on April 22, 2012 at 4:23pm

Whoa. The war on drugs benefits the prison industry, and the dealers mostly. It is a disaster.

Comment by Michel on April 22, 2012 at 3:08am

Just a coincidence ;-)

Comment by Neal on April 22, 2012 at 12:47am

Conservatism.

Comment by Marianne on April 21, 2012 at 11:47pm

What on earth is happening in America ??????