Posted on 03/09/2020 6:12:24 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The incarcerated workers typically make 65 cents an hour.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the state had found a way to counteract price gouging on hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 outbreak: by deploying cheap prison labor. Incarcerated people will be producing 100,000 gallons of the disinfectant, branded as “NYS Clean hand sanitizer,” to be distributed to government agencies, prisons, public transportation systems, and schools for free. “This is a superior product to products now on the market,”
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For some reason, a number of folks seem to think using prisoners for productive reasons is a bad thing.
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I’m certain there is a clever and concise comment concealed in there!
But my decoder ring is in for depot maintenance.
Please advise.
Thanx
G
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