[jboot]

Larry Niven wrote an entire series of SF novels about this.

The Gil the A.R.M. story cycle to be specific, although there are echos of it in most of Niven's other universes. Well worth a read (as are all the Known Space stories), if you can find any of it. I think it has been out of print for a while.

[antiRepublicrat]

I’m remembering a book where people convicted of various crimes were sent to live on an island prison where their organs were harvested over time as needed. Can you guys remember it?

[Spirochete]

The Gil the A.R.M. story cycle to be specific, although there are echos of it in most of Niven's other universes. Well worth a read (as are all the Known Space stories), if you can find any of it. I think it has been out of print for a while.

I remember Niven's A Gift From Earth

A probe from earth delivered organ cloning technology to colonists at Tau Ceti. It caused a revolt and overthrow of the tyrannical organ harvesting government there.