New York’s Prison Labor System: ‘You Got the Slaves, and You Got the Masters’
Nick Pinto, Hell Gate: New York's prison labor system, in which incarcerated people make everything from office furniture and uniforms to license plates and hand sanitizer, earning pennies an hour, is not some coercive analog of slavery, Acting Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III, who runs the state prison system, told a New York State Senate panel Monday. It's rehabilitative...