🇺🇸 America's modern-day slavery - inmate labor!
Budweiser & Burger King are among more than 500 businesses that "lease incarcerated workers" from one of the most violent, overcrowded & unruly prison systems in the U.S (Alabama.) The cheap labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 through money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks.
Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40% off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry.
Turning down work can jeopardize chances of early release or family visits. And they call this the land of the free?
The United States leads the world in total number of people incarcerated, with more than 2 million prisoners nationwide. Does the corporate slavery indeed perpetuate such a system?
Read the article: https://pnqk.me/zce9w1
Budweiser & Burger King are among more than 500 businesses that "lease incarcerated workers" from one of the most violent, overcrowded & unruly prison systems in the U.S (Alabama.) The cheap labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 through money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks.
Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40% off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry.
Turning down work can jeopardize chances of early release or family visits. And they call this the land of the free?
The United States leads the world in total number of people incarcerated, with more than 2 million prisoners nationwide. Does the corporate slavery indeed perpetuate such a system?
Read the article: https://pnqk.me/zce9w1