The labor of those in prison is often exploited
Another word for this exploitation is oftentimes "slavery"
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Prison labor is a modern day form of slavery, inmates work for pennies [an hour] ... at most a $1.15 for a day of work. Corporations and the government save money by using cheap, almost free labor. This is not only an inhuman practice but also takes away job opportunities from the private sector.
http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/06/29/heres-a-list-of-corporations-that-use-prison-labor/
Headlines alleging worker exploitation at Silicon Valley giants like Amazon, Tesla, Uber bombard our screens; even “progressive” media organizations swept up in the digital media organizing wave are struggling, as BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti has repeatedly spoken out against unionizing, while Slate and Thrillist employees who have unionized have accused the companies of using anti-union tactics and stalling the process. And the most vulnerable worker populations—sex workers, immigrants, and undocumented people—face increased repression from the government....
There is hope, though...Right now, America’s prisoners are on strike. Incarcerated workers across the nation are standing up to protest their inhumane living conditions and buck the horrific yoke of prison slavery with organized labor’s strongest weapons—solidarity and collective action...
As of August 21, across 17 states (and one Canadian province), these incarcerated workers are demanding real, tangible prison reform [such as reasonable pay], and the abolition of one of America’s great enduring shames—the loophole enacted by the 13th amendment that decrees slavery can be used to penalize those convicted of a crime.
This is where the term “prison slavery” originates, as director Ava DuVernay laid out in her groundbreaking 2016 documentary 13th, which argues that slavery never ended — it was just repurposed by the prison industrial complex and blossomed as mass incarceration...
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/labor-day-2018-how-the-ongoing-prison-strike-is-connected-to-the-labor-movement
THE PRISONERS 10 DEMANDS
LIST OF DEMANDS: https://twitter.com/JailLawSpeak/status/988771668670799872
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