3 prison officials arrested for using prisoners to make their christian products for free

[Ichingcarpenter]

Three Nashville jail employees — two current and one former — are accused of pocketing money from the sale of inmate-made products through a personal business they marketed as a "Christian-based organization."

Robert Hill, Stephen Binkley and Roy Napper were arrested Tuesday on charges of official misconduct and inmate labor violation, according to The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Former inmates Larry Stephney and Charles Brew say they spent their days at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility building bean-bag games, plaques shaped like footballs, birdhouses and dog beds for the trio. They say they worked for no pay in the jail's building trades department where they were supposed to be serving as tutors to other students.

Hill, Binkley and Napper are accused of selling the inmate-made products through their business, Stand Firm Designs, between December 2014 and June 2015.

The Stand Firm Designs website alludes to the company name with a Bible quote on the home page, "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong." The company's logo is its initials inside a Christian fish symbol.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jail-officials-arrested-inmates-labor-exploited-33801615

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. That'll teach em!

You have to be a large corporation to exploit prisoners for labour!

[Sunlei]

2. free or $1 a day, americas prisoners are slave labor & that's why Congress will not raise pay.

Perhaps prisoners should be covered by the right to be paid the Federal minimum wage and then Corps will start to hire again.

[marble falls]

4. I agree: minimum wages for working prisoners.

[marble falls]

3. Prisons are the new Plantations.

[Sunlei]

5. 13th amendment says slavery is legal for prisoners & Corps have exploited the 13th for many decades.

That is why our prisons are so full and our laws are so strict.

[Heidi]

6. Kick, kick, kick!