prison labour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprisonandlabour
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prison
noun
uk/ˈprɪz.ən/us/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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labour
noun
uk/ˈleɪ.bər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofprisonandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, usingprisonlabourfor profit was condemned because prison was supposed to teach criminals the irrationality of their behaviour.
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Prisonlabourwas used to clear the site.
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Mostprisonlabouris suitably employed on public work.
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Let me take the case ofprisonlabour.
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Why has it not been levelled byprisonlabour?
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In short, you cannot apply outside standards toprisonlabour.
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It raises the whole question ofprisonlabour.
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It is being done by unskilledprisonlabour.
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The original scheme was to provide for military, unskilled, andprisonlabour.
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It is possible to say that we will not take goods produced byprisonlabour.
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Employers ofprisonlabourpraise the magnificent work which the prisoners do.
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Here in this country nobody shows any desire to employprisonlabour.
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It is always difficult in ordinary industry to deal with the products ofprisonlabour.
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Nor did they see anything ofprisonlabourat ports further east.
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I was not speaking of sweated labour, but ofprisonlabouron a commercial basis.
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The figures therefore show an estimated gross output ofprisonlabourof a value of £9,500,000.
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Prisonlabouris already being employed to the best advantage in connection with war supplies.
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We appreciate, of course, the reasons for the distrust ofprisonlabour.
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These things would not cost a great deal and could be done withprisonlabour.
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This is one of the most socially valuable ways of employingprisonlabour.
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I want to revert to the use ofprisonlabourfor building.
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Noprisonlabouris available to private householders with or without pay.
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Theprisonlabouris employed on suitable public work and under reasonable conditions.
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It is absolutely impossible to employprisonlabourthere and get your fabrication created.
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He has dealt in no way with the very perinent question ofprisonlabour.
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