Prisoner Labor: Perspectives on Paying the Federal Minimum Wage / Statement of Lynn H. Gibson, Associate General Counsel

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Author(s)

• Gibson, Lynn H.

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• U.S. General Accounting Office (Washington, DC)

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Published 1993. 10 pages.

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• Cost analysis (Administration)
• Inmate industries (Offender Services)
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• Work program (Offender Services)

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