Convict labor allowed the use of inmate labor by businesses for economic benefits and cost savings in maintaining public facilities.
Convict leasing allowed businesses to utilize inmate labor for economic gains, common in early colonial Northern Nigeria.
Efforts such as training convicts in trades were promoted to increase productivity and revenue for the prison system through the sale of goods produced.
Convict labor was used to keep costs low and maintain public facilities in various colonies, demonstrating a cost-saving measure implemented by colonial administrators.
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