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Federal Prisoners Enlisted for Dangerous Computer Refurbishing
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2003
by Lonnie Burton
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2003, page 31
Federal Prisoners Enlisted for Dangerous
Filed under:
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Conditions of Confinement,
Environmental Law.
Location:
California.
Computer Refurbishing
by Lonnie Burton
In February 2002, it was announced that prisoners at a new federal prison in California will soon be partnering with companies such as Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard in a program that will refurbish and recycle used computers. The U.S. Penitentiary ...
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