Working Conditions
Many incarcerated workers do jobs like cooking, cleaning, laundry, or this type of work that keeps the prison running.
Maintenance Work
In most U.S. prisons, incarcerated workers earn far less than this legally required pay rate for most workers outside prison.
Minimum Wage
This U.S. constitutional amendment abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime, laying the groundwork for prison labor systems.
13th Amendment
In many prisons, money earned from work can be taken out to pay for this cost related to being incarcerated.
Fees
The 13th Amendment allows forced labor only as punishment for this.
A Crime
Incarcerated workers often must work even when conditions are unsafe, because they usually cannot do this without punishment.
Refuse to Work
Many incarcerated workers earn between a few cents and a few dollars per this time unit.
An Hour
After the Civil War, states forced incarcerated people to work for private companies in this labor system.
Convict Leasing
Some prisons allow incarcerated workers to earn money by making products that are sold to this type of buyer.
Government Agencies
Incarcerated workers usually do not have the same protection as free workers under this type of law that sets wages and hours.
Labor Laws
Many prison jobs do not provide this common workplace protection that helps if someone gets hurt on the job.
Workers’ Compensation
Money earned from prison jobs is often kept in an account used to buy snacks, soap, or make phone calls.
Commissary
This major war ended in 1865 and led to new prison labor systems in the South.
American Civil War
Some of the money earned by incarcerated workers can be sent to support this group of people outside prison.
Family
This type of legal action can be taken if a prison worker is treated unfairly or forced to work in unsafe conditions.
Lawsuit
Prison work schedules may include long hours with little choice, meaning workers have limited control over their ____.
Schedule
In many prisons, incarcerated workers are not protected by this law that limits how many hours most workers can work before earning extra pay.
Overtime Pay Laws
In the past, groups of incarcerated people were chained together and made to do hard outdoor labor called this.
Chain Gangs
Even though incarcerated workers earn money, they usually cannot use it for this type of large purchase, like a car or house.
Major Expenses
Workers in prison have very limited rights to do this, which most free workers can do if conditions are unsafe.
Unionize/Strike
In many prisons, people must work in places that are very dangerous or unhygenic without enough of this basic protection.
Safety Gear
Some prisons take part of an incarcerated person’s earnings to pay for this, being commonly associated with court fees.
Restitution
This government program makes goods using prison labor and still exists today.
Federal Prison Industries
Prison work programs sometimes give workers extra money for doing jobs that are considered this compared to normal tasks.
Specialized Labor
Some court cases have challenged the use of prison labor, saying it violates these basic rules about fairness and treatment.
Constitutional Rights