Prison slavery makes millions for states like Maryland. What will it take to achieve change?

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Prison slavery makes millions for states like Maryland. What will it take to achieve change?

Across Maryland’s prison system, incarcerated workers assemble furniture, sew clothing, and even manufacture cleaning chemicals. In spite of making the state more than $50 million annually in revenue, these workers are compensated below the minimum wage in a system akin to slavery. But how does the system of forced prison labor really work, and how do state laws keep  this industry running? Rattling the Bars investigates how Maryland law require…