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  2. Penal labor in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The current state of prison labor in the United States has distinct roots in the slavery-era economy and society. The first for-profit prison, and prison to use forced, incarcerated labor, was created in New York State, with the construction of the Auburn Prison completed in 1817. [18]

  3. Penal labour - Wikipedia

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    The prison was constructed in 1816 and prison labor was used to produce common goods like combs, shoes, animal harnesses, carpets, buckets, and barrels. Goods were originally produced and made for use inside the prison only, but expanded to produce products for outside sale in the 1820s to increase the prison's profits and support the prison ...

  4. Convict leasing - Wikipedia

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    Convict leasing was a system of forced penal labor that was practiced historically in the Southern United States before it was formally abolished during the 20th century. Under this system, private individuals and corporations could lease labor from the state in the form of prisoners, nearly all of whom were black .

  5. History of United States prison systems - Wikipedia

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    The Auburn system's combination of congregate labor in prison workshops and solitary confinement by night became a near-universal ideal in United States prison systems, if not an actual reality. Under the Auburn system, prisoners slept alone at night and labored together in a congregate workshop during the day for the entirety of their fixed ...

  6. Prison farm - Wikipedia

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    The concepts of prison farm and labor camp overlap, with the idea that the prisoners are forced to work. The historical equivalent on a very large scale was called a penal colony. The agricultural goods produced by prison farms are generally used primarily to feed the prisoners themselves and other wards of the state (residents of orphanages ...

  7. Paid prison labour - Wikipedia

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    Work programs operate in 88% of prisons in the United States and employ approximately 775,000 prisoners. [18] The vast majority of inmates are employed in support and maintenance roles, delivering mail, washing dishes and doing laundry. In the federal prison system, pay rates for these jobs range between US$0.12 to US$0.40 per hour. [19]

  8. Albany Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    Albany Penitentiary was an American prison in Albany, New York that operated from 1848 [1] until 1931. The prison was designed by Amos Pillsbury, also the first superintendent. [2] Until the American Civil War, the main type of for-profit prison labor done at the penitentiary was the "making of coarse boots and shoes for the Southern negroes."

  9. Labor camp - Wikipedia

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    A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons (especially prison farms). Conditions at labor camps vary widely depending on the operators.