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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
They work for pennies an hour and sometimes nothing at all.
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.
Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
The prisoners are also excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers, even when they are seriously injured or killed on the job.