The number of prisoners granted parole has plummeted, and prison officials force many of those inmates to work off site in a scheme that generates $450 million a year for the state, the lawsuit said.
  • wahwahwah [none/use name]
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    11 months ago

    Chuds pretending to be scared of criminals and the poors while regularly frequenting restaurants run by indigent prisoners. Treats are god. God is treats. All hail the mighty Wendy’s whose chicken sandwiches transcend ideology.

  • Sleve_McDichael [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    A prison in Salt Lake County, Utah used to have an inmate-run restaurant open to the general public called “Serving Time”

    https://corrections.utah.gov/2020/05/19/serving-time-cafe-closes-its-doors/

    • Heiyecha@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      I found it linked in some articles, e.g. here in the first paragraph: https://alabamareflector.com/2023/12/13/lawsuit-alleges-alabama-prisons-using-forced-labor/

      Skimming through it, I see these companies named as defendants:

      franchisees of McDonald’s, KFC, Wendy’s, and Burger King; Bama Budweiser, a distributor of Anheuser-Busch products; poultry and meat processors including Gemstone Foods, Koch Foods, and Southeastern Meats; Paramount Services, a linen company; and manufacturing and engineering employers Masonite, Cast Products, Ju-Young, Hwaseung, SL Alabama, and Progressive Finishes.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    This kind of thing has been an open secret for a while. I used to work at a chain grocery store and once had to order a new batch of uniforms. They came from a distribution center that was connected to another distribution center that was connected to something called like Corrective Workplace Supplies or something. (Don't remember the exact name). Well turns out that was a subsidiary of a private prison in Oklahoma.