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U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds | University of Chicago News

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Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic, ACLU examine coercion, exploitation in prison labor

U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic, ACLU examine coercion, exploitation in prison labor Jun 16, 2022 Incarcerated workers generate billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually but are paid pennies per hour without proper training or opportunity to build skills for careers after release, according to a comprehensive nationwide report released by the University of Chicago Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union. The first-of-its-kind report, Captive Labor: Exploit

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