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Penal labor in the United States
Penal labor in the United States is the practice of using incarcerated individuals to perform various types of work, either for government-run or private industries. Inmates typically engage in tasks such as manufacturing goods, providing services, or working in maintenance roles within prisons. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime where the individual has been convicted. The courts have held that detainees awaiting trial cannot be forced to work. However, convicted criminals who are medically able to work are typically required to do so in roles such as food service, warehouse work, plumbing, painting, or as inmate orderlies. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates earn between 12 and 40 cents per hour for these jobs, which is below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. There have been proposals of ideas to help incarcerated workers obtain better wages and improved working conditions...
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