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Feb 1, 2024
The Associated Press recently published an article linking hundreds of popular food brands to an “intricate, invisible web” of incarcerated workers. During the two-year investigation, reporters found that U.S. prisoners nationwide produced hundreds of millions of dollars worth of agricultural products and goods sold on the open market.
Incarcerated workers are often excluded from basic worker protections, like workers’ compensation and federal safety standards. In some cases, prisoners are paid pennies for their labor if anything at all. Employing prisoners is legal in the United States, even in these conditions. The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution banned slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.
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https://www.marketplace.org/2024/02...nked-to-hidden-prisoner-workforce-ap-reports/
The Associated Press recently published an article linking hundreds of popular food brands to an “intricate, invisible web” of incarcerated workers. During the two-year investigation, reporters found that U.S. prisoners nationwide produced hundreds of millions of dollars worth of agricultural products and goods sold on the open market.
Incarcerated workers are often excluded from basic worker protections, like workers’ compensation and federal safety standards. In some cases, prisoners are paid pennies for their labor if anything at all. Employing prisoners is legal in the United States, even in these conditions. The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution banned slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.
Article continues:
https://www.marketplace.org/2024/02...nked-to-hidden-prisoner-workforce-ap-reports/
