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TX: Critics: Prison labor hurts free-world jobs. Program allows companies to employ prisoners, operate for less with subsidies

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Houston & Texas News July 6, 2008, 11:40PM Critics: Prison labor hurts free-world jobs Program allows companies to employ inmates, operate for less with subsidies By LISA SANDBERG Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau AUSTIN ? The East Texas town of Lufkin was home to one of the biggest manufacturers of tractor-trailer beds in the state until sluggish sales forced the firm, Lufkin Industries, to close its factory earlier this year, displacing 150 workers. For everyone but the affected employees, the story might have ended as little more than a cautionary tale of what happens when an established business gets squeezed by a smaller, nearby competitor, in this case, Direct Trailer and Equipment Co., which sells an almost an identical product for as much as $2,000 less...continue to full post

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