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Nevada Inmates Seeking Pay Raise

A lawsuit claims state inmates who perform manual labor outside correction facilities are paid well below Nevada’s minimum wage of $8 per hour, making their work akin to slave labor. Attorneys Travis Barrick and Nathan Lawrence claim work by inmates cleaning state roadsides and using heavy equipment like chainsaws to clear vegetation risk injuries for a pay rate as low as $3 per day,

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