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The chain gangs operate in six state prisons, said a spokeswoman for the corrections department.
In the 1700s, convicts on Australian chain gangs had to wear wool jackets with yellow and black diamond patterns.
He put inmates back on a chain gang five years ago after Alabama jails revived the archaic practice.
In 1947, the nation's first Freedom Riders, organized by CORE, ended their voyage on North Carolina chain gangs.