Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

U.S. prisoners are part of hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

ANGOLA, La. >> A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source — a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.

Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

By Margie Mason and Robin McDowellASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: Former Angola prisoner, Curtis Davis, talks about his time at the Louisiana State Penitentiary during a 2021 interview near a former antebellum slave plantation near Angola, La. “Slavery has not been abolished,” said Davis, who spent more than 25 years at the penitentiary and is now fighting to change state laws that allow for forced labor in prisons. (AP Photo/ Serginho Roosblad) …

Prisoners in the US Are Part of a Hidden Workforce Linked to Hundreds of Popular Food Brands

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour [...]

Was Your Food Grown In a Prison? Incarcerated Workers Help Produce Many Popular Brands.

Incarcerated workers help produce some of America’s most popular food brands, but get few of the benefits and protections afforded to others.

Investigation finds U.S. prison labor linked to popular food brands

A new investigation found that several popular U.S. food companies are benefiting off of prison labor. NBC News' Valerie Castro talks to Investigative Reporter Robin McDowell about the findings in the report.

Incarcerated labor linked to hundreds of major food brands - Marketplace

Margie Mason, an investigative reporter for the AP, wrote about prison labor in the U.S. that has "morphed into a multibillion-dollar empire."