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(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 specified under section 1908 (relating to wages

and deductions). A prisoner performing services for a cost

accounting center shall indicate, in writing, that the prisoner:

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