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Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands | Richmond Free Press | Serving the African American Community in Richmond, VA

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.
United States Louisiana State Penitentiary Loyola University New Orleans Frank Dwayne Ellington Louis Dreyfus Alishia Powell Clark

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

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. They are on the shelves of most supermarkets, including Kroger, Target and Whole Foods. They’re also exported. The prisoners who help produce these goods are disproportionately people of color. Some are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work – or face ...
United States Louisiana State Penitentiary Brevard County West Feliciana Parish Loyola University New Orleans Colorado State University

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