Accompanied by terse explanatory captions, they expose some of the troubling inequities in American society, especially concerning its prisons and their use of compulsory inmate labor. (nytimes.com)
Moreover, while it is true that the Ashurst - Sumners Act does not directly regulate inmate labor, the Act clearly presupposes that the labor of prisoners performed for the prison belongs to the institution; that is why the fruits of prison labor are assumed to be low - cost goods. (law.justia.com)
In his Artists Space show, «91020000,» Mr. Rowland deals with a not - too - visible economy that is especially dependent on cheap inmate labor. (nytimes.com)