Thursday, October 2, 2008

Tennessee prison labor 1937

From The Working Man in Tennessee http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/tnguide/ch07.htm

"...The prison industries contract law was repealed in 1937, but a two-year extension was granted to mines and a one-year time limit to other prison contracts still in force. In 1937 the use of coal and coal products mined and processed by convict labor on State property was prohibited, except for State or charitable purposes. Use of prison-made goods was also limited to State institutions."

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