‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies
by Michael Sainato from US news | The Guardian on (#61BX1)
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.
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