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HOW TO CREATE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING JOBS

"How to Create American Manufacturing Jobs" has been published and released by the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy , a publication of the University of Tennessee Law School.  Citation: Vol. 9 - Issue 2, Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy 161 (Fall 2013), now available on Westlaw.  For those who do not have access to Westlaw, here is a summary: Right now, 50 states and the federal government (not to mention city and county jails) have total control over every single aspect of prison industries.  Total control must give way to more contractual and trade freedom of action.  The United States could create many manufacturing jobs if they would free employers, prisoners and Departments of Correction to manufacture goods in prison free of almost all government employment laws and regulations, and subject to contracts between willing prisoners and willing private manufacturers, who must also contract with the prison systems for space and other accommodatio...