Article 3475K Prisoners sent to Christian "rehab" diversion programs find themselves in forced-labor camps

Prisoners sent to Christian "rehab" diversion programs find themselves in forced-labor camps

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Cory Doctorow
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Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery is a "diversion program" where drug addicts convicted of crimes can be sent to get help, but an investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting reveals that CAAIR is really in the business of supplying low-cost workers to factories, where they are worked seven days/week on threat of being returned to prison, and where workers who are maimed on the job are sent to prison and not given worker's compensation -- all for no pay at all. (more")

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