Prisons | Prison Labor: An Overview

Joseph Claggett’s job is his life.

It keeps his mind occupied, puts a little money in his pocket. It provides a ray of hope for his otherwise bleak future.

But for a growing number of American companies, Claggett’s job and thousands like it are robbing them of their most dependable customer: the federal government. And they want something done about it.

Claggett is a convicted drug dealer nearing the end of a lengthy prison sentence at the federal penitentiary here. He works about 40 hours a week as a production foreman guiding the assembly of wood...

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