third-party rights in any prisoner.
(b) Status of prisoner.--No prisoner compensated for
participation in the program shall be considered to be an
employee of the Commonwealth or the county nor shall the
prisoner be afforded the rights and privileges of Commonwealth
or county employees.
(c) Certain rights preserved.--Nothing contained in this
section shall be deemed to restore, in whole or in part, the
civil rights of participating prisoners, except that
participating prisoners shall be afforded the protection of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. § 201
et seq.), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law
88-352, 78 Stat. 241), the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (Public Law 91-596, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-135, 42 U.S.C. § 6101
et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327), the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736,
No.338) , known as the Workers' Compensation Act, the act of
October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222) , known as the Pennsylvania
Human Relations Act, the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.637, No.329) ,
known as the Wage Payment and Collection Law, and the act of
January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5) , known as The Minimum Wage Act
of 1968, solely to the extent that they apply to the private
sector prison industry employment relationship.
(d) Consent to deduction.--A prisoner may participate in the
program established under this chapter only on a voluntary basis
and must consent, in advance, to the specific deductions from
gross wages, as set forth under section 1908 (relating to wages
and deductions). A prisoner performing services for a cost
accounting center shall indicate, in writing, that he or she:
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