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Articles by Melissa Hellmann

National Prison Strike Exposes Need for Labor Rights Behind Bars

Melissa Hellmann October 3, 2016 Melissa Hellmann

On September 9, an estimated 24,000 inmates began the first national prison strike to protest long-term isolation, inadequate health care, violent attacks, and what they argue is slave labor. The nationwide protest calls for an end to prison slavery.

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