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Prison factories caught in private biz debate
Talladega :: AL :: USA | 7 months ago
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On the outside, Unicor, with its big oaks and magnolia trees, looks like it could be part of a landscaped industrial park. Step a little closer and it's clear the apparel shop lies in the middle of a medium-security federal prison in east Alabama.
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Inmates get first dibs on jobs through federal program
Selma :: AL :: USA | 8 months ago
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FoxNews.com Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government
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American prison labor means longer unemployment lines
Selma :: AL :: USA | 8 months ago
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FoxNews.com Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government
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Factory owners: Federal prisoners stealing our business
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 months ago
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Just hearing the word Unicor is enough to make Kurt Wilson see red. Unicor is a government-run enterprise that employs over 13,000 inmates -- at wages as low as 23 cents an hour -- to make goods for the Pentagon and other federal agencies. With some
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Slavery on the new plantation
Pié :: Burkina Faso | 1 year ago
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Popular Tags Archives Feeds by Kiilu Nyasha A youngster in a Georgia forced labor camp around 1932 is subjected to an ugly form of punishment...Constitution retained the right to enslave within the confines of prison: Neither slavery nor involuntary
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Report details safety violations in prisons' electronic-recycling program
Fresno :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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In a sweeping report that was four years in the making, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General pinpointed "numerous violations of health, safety and environmental laws, regulations and (Bureau of Prisons) policies." The past problems
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Toxic Prison Labor Exposed
Madison :: WI :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Subscribers can log in and access digital editions and our archive...Despite the finding of exposure, however, the inspector general said he could link no health problems to the recycling work in the prisons, although he did not rule out that a link
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Toxic Metals Tied to Work in Prisons
Elkton :: MD :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The New York Times Inmates and employees at 10 federal prisons were exposed to toxic metals and other hazardous substances while processing electronic waste for recycling, a four-year investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general found.
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Report: Prison recycling program posed health threat for years
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The report, issued Thursday by the department's inspector general, says from the program's startup in the mid-1990s until 2003, staff and inmates at several prisons were exposed to toxic metals including cadmium and lead...The electronic waste
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