“Incarcerated people in New York have always been forced to produce essential products for state agencies. These individuals work for less than a dollar a day under threat of punishment – including solitary confinement – if they refuse,” Tina Luongo and Adriene Holder of the Legal Aid Society said in a statement. “This is nothing less than slave labor and it must end. Albany must pay these individuals the minimum wage and lawmakers must legislate to eradicate forced labor across our state for good.”