prison factories
Convict labor facilities
Prison factories are manufacturing facilities within prisons where inmates produce goods, from furniture to military equipment to consumer products.
The term often carries critical connotations, highlighting concerns about exploitative labor conditions and minimal wages: Critics call it a return to prison factories and convict leasing.
Also called prison industries.
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- convictsImprisoned felons
- chain gangShackled convict work crew
- sweatshopsExploitative manufacturing facilities
exploitation · chains · uniforms · assembly · wages · cells · behind bars · hard time · industry · forced · machinery · correctional · work release · pennies · sewing · license plates · warehouses · guards
- prison laborconvict labor, penal labor, hard labor, convict leasing, chain gang
prison factoriesworker cooperatives
Collectively owned democratic businesses
at-will employment · self-employment · freelance work · independent contractors · cottage industries
prison factoriesrehabilitation centers
Institutions for recovery programs
vocational training programs · reentry programs · community workshops · social enterprises
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