Tomlinson: Americans complain about forced labor in Chinese prisons, but it exists in Texas too

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Texas Correctional Industries, established by the Legislature in 1963, "manufactures goods and provides services for sale, on a for-profit basis, to city, county, state and federal agencies, public schools, public and private institutions of higher education, public hospitals and political subdivisions."
44% : Texas has the largest state prison population in the country, and state law requires the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to use their labor as much as possible without pay.
43% : But the state deducts the bulk of the earned income for taxes, room and board, family support, restitution and a crime victims' fund.

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