Prison advocates are calling out the governor and the state's correctional department for subjecting the prisoners to work that equates to 'slave labor.'
The governor said inthat some"retailers are charging approximately 10 times what major retailers charge for hand sanitizer."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, introduces "New York State Clean," a hand sanitizer manufactured by the state of New York, during a news conference update on the coronavirus, March 9, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. Prison advocates are calling out the governor and the state's correctional department for subjecting the prisoners to work that equates to"slave labor."
"A central part of prison rehabilitation is job training and skill development, and this is part of that existing program that’s existed for years,” according to Rich Azzopardi, a senior adviser to the governor, in response to the"slave labor" accusations.
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