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The Civilian Inmate Labor Program is a program of the United States Army provided by Army Regulation 210-35^[1]. The regulation, first drafted in 1997, underwent a "rapid act revision" in January 2005; it provides policy for the creation of labor programs and prison camps on Army installations. The labor would be provided by persons under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Labor programs

Labor programs set forth by the Civilian Inmate Labor Program regulation involve the use of minimum and low security inmates from facilities under the control of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, with a few apparent exceptions for State-held and locally-held inmates, on installations controlled by the Army.

The regulation states that labor programs benefit the Army and the corrections facilities by supplying "a source of labor at no direct cost to the Army," giving "meaningful work to inmates" and alleviation to "overcrowding in nearby corrections facilities" and by making use of otherwise unused land and buildings.

The regulation indicates that the inmates could perform labor as allowed by 18 USC 4125(A)^[2].

[edit] Prison camps

The regulation also sets forth policy for the creation of prison camps on Army installations. These would be used to keep inmates of the labor programs resident on the installations.

In January 2006, Kellogg, Brown and Root reported that they had received a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to expand ICE DRO facilities "in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."^[3] A February news article comments that the "new programs" mentioned could include the Civilian Inmate Labour Program.^[4] ICE has "joint federal facilities" with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.^[5]

See also

• Labor camp
• Rex84
• United States Department of the Army
• Gulag

External links

1. ^ "AR 210-35 Civilian Inmate Labor Program" (PDF) (2004). Retrieved on 2006-03-09.
2. ^ "18 USC TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE" (text) (2001). Retrieved on 2006-03-09.
3. ^ Hunt, Katherine (2006). "KBR awarded Homeland Security contract worth up to $385M". Retrieved on 2006-03-09.
4. ^ Parry, Nat (2006). "Bush's Mysterious 'New Programs'". Retrieved on 2006-03-09.
5. ^ "Office of Detention and Removal (DRO)" (2006). Retrieved on 2006-03-09.

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