The article horrified me. I'd read before, that prisoners were employed by
corporations. But this time, I read all these details, corporations whose
names I know well, and actual jobs. Verizon? customer service? When we
complain about the quality of customer service representatives, are they
people who are imprisone unjustly, for yeears and years, working for
pennies, with the threat of solitary confinement if they don't do what their
bosses tell them?
Miriam
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Insourcing! So is that what happened to Slavery. Could it still be alive
and well. So let me see if I've got this right. We don't have slavery any
longer in this nation. We don't discriminate against Black People. Then
what we must face up to is the fact that Black people are meaner and less
civilized than us White Folk. So we have discovered that Blacks are
inferior to us, and in order to protect our women folk from being ravished,
we put those pesky Black men in prisons. And while they're just hanging
out, like in some resort, they might as well be given something to occupy
their time while they wait for their 30 years to slip by.
Got it!
Carl Jarvis
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Prison labor in the United States is referred to as insourcing. Under
the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), employers receive a tax credit
of $2,400 for every work-release inmate they employ as a reward for
hiring "risky target groups."
The workers are not only cheap labor, but they are considered easier
to control. They also tend to be African-American males. Companies are
free to avoid providing benefits like health insurance or sick days.
They also don't need to worry about unions, demands for vacation time,
raises or family issues.
According to the
Left Business Observer, "the federal prison industry produces 100
percent of all military helmets, war supplies and other equipment. The
workers supply
98 percent of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93
percent of paints and paintbrushes; 92 percent of stove assembly; 46
percent of body armor; 36 percent of home appliances; 30 percent of
headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21 percent of office furniture.
Airplane parts, medical supplies and much more: prisoners are even
raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people."
With all of that productivity, the inmates make about 90 cents to $4 a
inmates in manufacturing.
Here are some of the biggest corporations to use such practices, but
there are hundreds more:
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McDonald's
McDonald's uses inmates to produce frozen foods. Inmates process beef
for patties. They may also process bread, milk and chicken products.
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Wendy's
Wendy's has also been identified as relying on prison labor to reduce
its cost of operations. Inmates also process beef for patties.
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Wal-Mart
The company uses inmates for manufacturing purposes. The company "hires"
inmates to clean products of UPC bar codes so that products can be resold.
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Starbucks
The company uses inmates to cut costs as well. Starbucks subcontractor
Signature Packaging Solutions hired Washington state prisoners to
package holiday coffees.
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Sprint
Inmates provide telecommunication services. Inmates are used in call
centers.
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Verizon
Inmates provide telecommunication services.
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Victoria's Secret
The company uses inmates to cut production costs. In South Carolina,
female inmates were used to sew products. Also, inmates reportedly
have been used to replace "made in" tags with "Made in USA" tags.
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Fidelity Investments
401(K) or other investments are held by Fidelity, and, in some cases,
some of your money invested by Fidelity is used for prison labor or in
other operations related to the prison industrial complex. The
investment firm funds the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC), which has created laws authorizing and increasing the use of
prisons.
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J.C Penney and Kmart
Kmart and J.C. Penney both sell jeans made by inmates in Tennessee
day.
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American Airlines and Avis
American Airlines and the car rental company Avis use inmates to take
reservations.
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Prison labor in the United States is referred to as insourcing. Under
the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), employers receive a tax credit
of $2,400 for every work-release inmate they employ as a reward for
hiring "risky target groups."
The workers are not only cheap labor, but they are considered easier
to control. They also tend to be African-American males. Companies are
free to avoid providing benefits like health insurance or sick days.
They also don't need to worry about unions, demands for vacation time,
raises or family issues.
According to the
Left Business Observer, "the federal prison industry produces 100
percent of all military helmets, war supplies and other equipment. The
workers supply
98 percent of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93
percent of paints and paintbrushes; 92 percent of stove assembly; 46
percent of body armor; 36 percent of home appliances; 30 percent of
headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21 percent of office furniture.
Airplane parts, medical supplies and much more: prisoners are even
raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people."
With all of that productivity, the inmates make about 90 cents to $4 a
inmates in manufacturing.
Here are some of the biggest corporations to use such practices, but
there are hundreds more:
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.18.09 PM
McDonald's
McDonald's uses inmates to produce frozen foods. Inmates process beef
for patties. They may also process bread, milk and chicken products.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.18.01 PM
Wendy's
Wendy's has also been identified as relying on prison labor to reduce
its cost of operations. Inmates also process beef for patties.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.17.31 PM
Wal-Mart
The company uses inmates for manufacturing purposes. The company "hires"
inmates to clean products of UPC bar codes so that products can be resold.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.17.24 PM
Starbucks
The company uses inmates to cut costs as well. Starbucks subcontractor
Signature Packaging Solutions hired Washington state prisoners to
package holiday coffees.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.16.29 PM
Sprint
Inmates provide telecommunication services. Inmates are used in call
centers.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.16.23 PM
Verizon
Inmates provide telecommunication services.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.16.06 PM
Victoria's Secret
The company uses inmates to cut production costs. In South Carolina,
female inmates were used to sew products. Also, inmates reportedly
have been used to replace "made in" tags with "Made in USA" tags.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.15.59 PM
Fidelity Investments
401(K) or other investments are held by Fidelity, and, in some cases,
some of your money invested by Fidelity is used for prison labor or in
other operations related to the prison industrial complex. The
investment firm funds the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC), which has created laws authorizing and increasing the use of
prisons.
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.14.47 PM
J.C Penney and Kmart
Kmart and J.C. Penney both sell jeans made by inmates in Tennessee
Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 12.14.41 PM
American Airlines and Avis
American Airlines and the car rental company Avis use inmates to take
reservations.
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