ALBANY – New York voters last week overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state Constitution sought by the state’s sheriffs that removes a potential legal roadblock to the use of volunteer inmate labor by nonprofit organizations.
The amendment to Article III, §24, of the Constitution, which was passed by a better than 2-1 margin, authorizes the Legislature to set rules for volunteer labor by inmates of state and county jails.
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