AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Colorado replaces immigrant workers with prison (slave) labor

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Colorado replaces immigrant workers with prison (slave) labor: "Ever since passing what its Legislature promoted as the nation's toughest laws against illegal immigration last summer, Colorado has struggled with a labor shortage as migrants fled the state. This week, officials announced a novel solution: Use convicts as farmworkers."

This is madness, though not as new as one might think. Prisoners do all kinds of work in many states, and they have for a considerable amount of time.