COVID-19, Rodents, Unpaid Labor: A Year in the Allegheny County Jail Kitchen
COVID-19, Rodents, Unpaid Labor: A Year in the Allegheny County Jail Kitchen In many ways, the kitchen is the heartbeat of the Allegheny County Jail. Forty workers at a time prepare food for more than 1,600 hungry men and women. Standing shoulder to shoulder, they transfer meatballs, applesauce and peas to trays, then load those trays to a big cart and send them up in the elevator. Pantry workers walk the halls, pods, and corridors to deliver that food to their neighbors’ cell door. Hands p...
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