Jul. 9, 2026
Made in America: The Products of U.S. Prison Labor Are All Around Us
I spent last summer scouring the South for the products of prison labor in a strange scavenger hunt across small-town America. A freshman’s dorm mattress at Mississippi State University. A Georgia Medicaid patient’s eyeglasses. The goalpost... Read more.
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