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Prison recycling programs called unsafe [USA]
A federal recycling program that uses cheap prison labor subjects its inmate workers — including those at a Texas facility — to unsafe working conditions, according to a report to be released today... Prisoners employed by Federal Prison Industries [known as UNICOR]...recycle computers and other electronics in hazardous conditions, according to "Toxic Sweatshops," a report by several groups... The company follows all federal and state health and safety rules, spokesman Todd Baldau said... In 2003, after a dogged effort by the Texas Campaign for the Environment, Dell Inc. pulled out of a recycling contract with UNICOR.