Bianca Tylek’s new book, “The Prison Industry,” reveals the companies that benefit from incarceration: “People can now understand how deeply entrenched and normalized corporate greed and exploitation have become”
Californians voted against banning slave labor in prisons. A few months later, over 1,000 incarcerated firefighters were deployed to save the very state that upheld their exploitation
Texas summers are brutal. Temperatures rise to the triple digits, the sun is scorching, and the heat makes the skin sizzle. Working outside in these conditions is perilous. It’s critically advised to stay hydrated, away from the sun, or in the shade if possible. Incarcerated people work in these
PEN’s decades-old prison programming lacks the organization and infrastructure to effectively communicate with and pay incarcerated writers
It started with a tweet. “I won the @PENamerica Prison Writing Contest in 2022 and never received the $250 prize, even after much back and forth via email, which continues to this day. I know of at least one other first place winner who never received their prize money, either,
Incarcerated laborers are often left out of workers’ rights efforts, but they are vastly underpaid, underprotected, and unable to save for a life beyond bars
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