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Arizona prisons boast that laborers won’t end up back behind bars. That’s not true
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDaniel Gorman should be better off. While incarcerated, he worked at the largest privately held...
Prisoners sell mainly to the Arizona Department of Corrections. But they have plenty of other buyers
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArizona Correctional Industries, a state-run company under the auspices of the Department of...
'Modern day slavery': Lawmakers, advocates seek change after Republic prison labor investigation
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoReacting to an investigation by The Arizona Republic and KJZZ, lawmakers and advocates are calling...
Private companies found using immigrant labor, with the help of Arizona prisons
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDespite an Arizona law that requires private companies to verify that their employees are legally...
Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were...
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClothed in orange with elbow-high rubber gloves and large black masks, a line of workers along a...
Arizona communities would 'collapse' without cheap prison labor, Corrections director says
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArizona Department of Corrections Director David Shinn said Arizona communities would “collapse”...
Once seen as crass profiteering, Arizona prisons are all in on leasing prisoners to private...
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor most of its history, Arizona avoided leasing prisoners to private companies to avoid...
Rehabilitate prisoners? Actually, Arizona's prison labor program is more like slavery
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLeasing human beings to profiteers is morally wrong. It’s no less so when the leasing is done by...
Republic's prison investigation is a finalist for major national journalism prize
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Prison Sell, a 15-month investigation by The Arizona Republic and KJZZ Radio into the state’s...
This Arizona city is built on prison labor. That keeps taxes low. But what’s the real cost?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYour browser does not support the video tag. Ryan Fisher is back to doing what he did before prison,...