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  2. Anamosa State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    Inmates working in the Iowa Prison Industries produce metal stamping, custom wood, printing, metal furniture, sign, and cleaning products at the penitentiary. The penitentiary also offers educational services and has a contract with a community college for such services.

  3. Penal labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Following the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Federal Prison Industries was prioritized for federal purchases of replacement goods, such as office furniture, damaged in the riots. [ 13 ] Penal labor is permitted under the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , which prohibits slavery except as a punishment for a crime where the ...

  4. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction - Wikipedia

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    Nine inmates and one corrections officer were killed. [ 4 ] In 2019, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reported that the department's inspection office had a single full-time employee, and used interns to conduct inspections.

  5. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In 2001, an 18-year-old committed to a Texas boot camp operated by one of Slattery’s previous companies, Correctional Services Corp., came down with pneumonia and pleaded to see a doctor as he struggled to breathe. Guards accused the teen of faking it and forced him to do pushups in his own vomit, according to Texas law enforcement reports ...

  6. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Amid the prison-building boom, James F. Slattery and his company – then named Correctional Services Corp. – embarked on what would eventually grow into a rewarding business relationship with the state of Florida. Slattery’s company had previously been confined largely to Texas, New York and New Jersey.

  7. Hundreds of California prisoners are fighting the LA fires ...

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    Hundreds of prisoners are helping to battle the wildfires in the Los Angeles area.. Incarcerated firefighters earn $26.90 to $34 for each 24-hour shift. It's far below California's minimum wage of ...

  8. Cornell Companies - Wikipedia

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    Cornell Companies (NYSE:CRN) was an American corporation that operated correctional facilities, contracting them to state and local governments. The company's headquarters were located in Houston, Texas. [1] On August 12, 2010, Cornell was acquired by the GEO Group.

  9. Prison–industrial complex - Wikipedia

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    Correctional populations in the U.S., 1980–2013 US timeline graphs of number of people incarcerated in jails and prisons [1]. The prison-industrial complex (PIC) is a term, coined after the "military-industrial complex" of the 1950s, [2] used by scholars and activists to describe the many relationships between institutions of imprisonment (such as prisons, jails, detention facilities, and ...