‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies

Two out of three prisoners are forced to work, in what is often referred to as modern day slavery

Susan Dokken, who is currently in a halfway house re-entry program in California, worked throughout her sentence in prison, even after she suffered a stroke and required extra help - a request for which was ignored.

I couldn't work and wasn't supposed to, and I couldn't even talk for a year," said Dokken, 60.