On AlterNet: prison labor
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "prison labor"
Beth Schwartzapfel, The Nation. February 13, 2009.
From Victoria's Secret to Starbucks, prisoners have long been exploited by companies that cash in on Valentine's Day.
Nicole Hill, Christian Science Monitor. August 22, 2007.
Weren't employers who lose access to cheap foreign labor supposed to start paying Americans fair wages?
Ben Zipperer, AlterNet. April 18, 2007.
Winston Churchill once said that one of the most unfailing tests of a civilization lies in how a country treats its criminals. In the U.S., people stand by as the incarcerated are disenfranchised and pay money to seem them exploited -- even pummeled by bulls.
