Ashurst-Sumners Act 1935

The Ashurst-Sumners Act of 1935 barred the sale of prison goods in interstate commerce, preventing states from selling goods produced from inmate labor to customers in other states. It sought to stop inmate-manufactured goods from flooding the market and undermining free ...

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