The company responded, inscrutably, that its contracts prohibit slaves, prisoners or little children from making its products.

John Hirst, a prisoner then serving a sentence for manslaughter, was prevented from voting by section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, which prohibits convicted prisoners from voting during their incarceration in a penal institution.

Federal and state laws prohibit prisoners from receiving student loans.

Maine and West Virginia are the only two states that have not prohibited prisoners from using video games, a spokeswoman for Mr. Blunt said.

The Judiciary Committee bill, based on recommendations of the Bar Association and the Judicial Conference, will streamline the habeas process by prohibiting prisoners from filing more than one petition, imposing a short deadline for filing a petition and eliminating procedural obstacles that delay the proceedings and prevent courts from getting to the merits.

The Court overturned the prior decision of the Federal Court of Appeal and held that s. 51(e) of the old Canada Elections Act, which prohibited prisoners from voting, was unconstitutional.

The Government said the Geneva Conventions prohibit prisoners of war from being sent to a third country without their permission.

However, Massachusetts does not prohibit former prisoners convicted of felonies from voting.

In Canada, the Supreme Court held in Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer) (2002), that a statutory provision prohibiting prisoners serving a sentence of two years or more from voting unjustifiably infringed the fundamental right to vote guaranteed by section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Bob Dole brought the law-and-order theme of his Presidential campaign to the Arizona desert today, inspecting a field of 42 army surplus tents that serve as an outdoor jail run by a sheriff who has built a reputation on promoting chain gangs and prohibiting prisoners from partaking in cigarettes, coffee, hot lunches or pornography.