Penal labour
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Penal labour or penal servitude is a form of unfree labour. The term may refer to several related situations: labour as a form of punishment, the prison system used as a means to secure labour, labour as a form of occupation of convicts, and labour camps used as a form of political intimidation.
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See also
- Slavery in the 21st century
- Ashurst-Sumners Act
- Chain gang
- Community service
- Convict lease
- Coproduction of public services by service users and communities
- Galley slave
- Trusty system
- UNICOR
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