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Jul 7, 2008

Critics say cheap prison labor hurts free-world jobs

The East Texas town of Lufkin was home to one of the biggest manufacturers of tractor-trailer beds in the state until sluggish sales forced the firm, Lufkin Industries, to close its factory earlier this year, ...

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