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Prison labor
Hundreds of food brands linked to hidden prisoner workforce, AP reports
by
Kimberly Adams
and Richard Cunningham
Feb 1, 2024
The Associated Press uncovered a workforce of prisoners producing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of agricultural products and goods by popular food brands.
4 states just voted to close a loophole that allowed slavery as punishment for a crime
Nov 10, 2022
But that might not change the way prisons use inmates as labor.
The hidden side of the prison labor economy
by
David Brancaccio
and Daniel Shin
Jun 17, 2021
Prison work programs can be selective and often train people for jobs they can't actually get on the outside, according to law professor Hadar Aviram.
How America's economy is embroiled in its multibillion-dollar prison industry
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Jun 17, 2021
"The Prison in Twelve Landscapes" director Brett Story on the economic consequences of mass incarceration.
Money makes all the difference in prison
May 23, 2019
It can't buy freedom, but it bought one inmate some life-improving phone calls.
Montana inmates learn job and life skills while raising cattle on prison ranch
by
Eve Abrams
Feb 7, 2018
But food coming from a prison isn't necessarily a selling point.
At this factory, the workforce is paid in pennies
Oct 2, 2015
Does prison labor represent unfair competition for private industry?
For public good, not for profit.
Ever wonder who makes those big highway signs?
Sep 22, 2015
The people who do may never get a chance to actually see them in use.