The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Well now this really makes for a trio of facts that paint a horrifying picture:

    • Private, for profit prisons exist
    • Prison slave labour is legal
    • Homelessness can now be made illegal

    Guess I should buy some stocks in companies that use prison labour.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      https://marketrealist.com/p/companies-that-use-prison-labor/#what-are-some-companies-that-use-prison-labor

      • Verizon uses inmates to provide telecommunication services.
      • Fidelity Investments uses some held assets to fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization that promotes inmate work.
      • Kmart and JCPenney use inmate labor in Tennessee to make denim products.
      • Walmart uses prison labor to clean barcodes so products can be resold.
      • Some cheese and fish from Whole Foods comes from prison labor.
      • Circuit boards from IBM come from Texas prisoners.
      • Wendy’s and McDonald’s use prison labor to process beef for their food products.
      • Amazon uses BOP labor for cleaning and sorting damaged goods