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Many everyday big-box and supermarket chains stock their shelves with
products that rely on forced prison labor, says a groundbreaking report
from the Associated Press. These companies are just a handful of thousands
that rake in profits from mass incarceration.
Across the United States, people behind bars are being forced into hard
labor—harvesting crops, raising cattle, cleaning dangerous machinery in
poultry processing plants—for mere pennies per hour, if anything at all.
[ [link removed] ]This is modern-day slavery. Add your name to call for an end to forced
labor in U.S. prisons.
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People who endure prison labor say that they are given little to no choice
in working. Many are threatened with violence or punishment if they refuse
to work or do not meet a certain production quota.
[ [link removed] ]Vera fights to ensure dignity and justice for incarcerated people. Add
your name to say no to forced prison labor.
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In solidarity,
Vera Institute of Justice
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