A prison reform group lashed out at Gov. Andrew Cuomo Monday for using prison workers to produce hand sanitizer.

The Legal Aid society sent out an email condemning Cuomo for “exploiting incarcerated New Yorkers to produce cheap hand sanitizers.”

“This is nothing less than slave labor and it must end,” the group said.

“From fighting dangerous forest fires to now mass producing vital hand sanitizer, government and big business continue to force the labor of incarcerated individuals – for pennies on the dollar – for a political purpose or to line their own pockets,” reads a statement from Tina Luongo, attorney-in-charge of the Criminal Defense Practice, and Adriene Holder, attorney-in-charge of the Civil Practice at The Legal Aid Society.

The statement came in response to Cuomo’s new Corcraft COVID-19 branded hand sanitizer, which will be produced by people who are incarcerated in New York.

“These individuals work for less than a dollar a day under threat of punishment – including solitary confinement – if they refuse,” the emailed statement said. “Albany must pay these individuals the minimum wage and lawmakers must legislate to eradicate forced labor across our state for good.”

The statement went on to state that prisons and jails could ironically deem the product “contraband.”

“It would be even more shocking if prisons and jails were to deem this Corcraft product ‘contraband’ and deprive incarcerated New Yorkers from possessing effective hand sanitizer because of the alcohol content,” the missive said. “The same individuals who produce this product should not be prohibited from using it.”

Cuomo unveiled Monday that the state’s prison inmates would produce a new hand sanitizer that would help prevent price gouging.

“It’s much cheaper for us to make it ourselves than to buy it on the open market,” said Cuomo, adding that a gallon jug of the state-produced product costs $6 to make.

It has a “floral bouquet,” the governor added.

“A central part of prison rehabilitation is job training and skill development, and this is part of that existing program that’s been in place for years” – from Cuomo senior aide Rich Azzopardi.