“Across U.S. prisons, LGBTQ inmates—especially trans women—are disproportionately assigned to clerical jobs: typing, filing, data entry. Staff justify it as ‘they’re good at paperwork’ or ‘less likely to be violent.’ Pay: pennies per hour. Many say it’s forced feminized labor that trades on stereotypes while keeping them visible & vulnerable to harassment.”

#PrisonLabor #TransRights #LGBTQPrisoners #QueerIncarceration

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/lgbtq-prison-life-office-administrative-work

CA Relies on Incarcerated Firefighters. They Finally Make Federal Minimum Wage.

California relies heavily on incarcerated firefighters to protect life and property, but pays them a pittance. Recently, a major grassroots and legislative push to improve working conditions for incarcerated firefighters enjoyed some success. On October 13, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 247 into law, raising their base pay and doubling the amount by which they can reduce their sentences.

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Nebraska’s prison labor program ties immigration enforcement to incarceration — raising tough questions about justice, fairness, and profit.

Is this labor… or exploitation?

#Brewminate #Justice #History #Immigration #PrisonLabor

https://brewminate.com/cornhusker-clink-immigration-enforcement-meets-prison-labor/

Todays a good day to resurface the @BrennanCenter analysis on Trump’s Presidency and the the Private Prison Industry.

Mass #deportations, increased #criminalization, & many eager U.S. corporations ready to use #prisonlabor for profit margins. What could possibly go wrong!
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/what-trumps-victory-means-private-prison-industry

US #SupremeCourt to review GEO Group's loss in immigrant detainee *#ForcedLabor* [#slavery] case

#SCOTUS on June 2 agreed to decide if #GEOGroup can quickly appeal a judge's ruling denying the #PrivatePrison operator #government #IMMUNITY in a class action claiming #immigrant detainees were forced to work & paid $1 a day.

#immigration #law #CivilRights #HumanRights #exploitation #PenalLabor #PrisonLabor
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-review-geo-groups-loss-immigrant-detainee-forced-labor-case-2025-06-02/

Happy #mayday !! I’ve been working on this assortment of images as part of my #draweveryday efforts, for the SF Bay Area #iww chapter. #sabocats reject the bullshit that is killing us all! #sabotage now! Reach out to your local #industrialworkersoftheworld chapter today and #organize ! Now is the time! #fightfascism #oligarchy #union #unionbusting #cat #blackcat #billionaires #fascism #amazon #prisonlabor

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Today In Labor History April 8, 1864: The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, banning chattel slavery. However, it permitted a continuation of wage slavery and the forced labor of convicts without pay. And on this date in 1911, 128 convict miners, mostly African-Americans jailed for minor offenses, were killed by a massive explosion at the Banner coalmine near Birmingham, Alabama. While the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which occurred just two weeks earlier, elicited massive public attention and support for the plight of immigrant women working in sweatshop conditions, the Banner explosion garnered almost no public sympathy, probably due to racism and the fact that they were prisoners.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #prison #prisonlabor #racism #coal #mine #immigrants #prisoner #slavelabor #slavery #workplacesafety #alabama #BlackMastadon #triangleshirtwaist #fire #explosion

American prisons run on forced labor. For @bolts, historian Robert Chase answered reader questions about the legal basis for paying incarcerated people below minimum wage, whether the Americans with Disabilities Act applies in these circumstances, who has the authority to stop prison labor, and more.

https://boltsmag.org/the-past-and-present-of-prison-labor-your-questions-answered/

#Prison #PrisonLabor #ModernSlavery #USNews #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

#Broligarchs want to do the same things on both planets #Earth and #Mars, except that on earth, they want to use #prisonLabor or #slaveLabor instead of microbes — Small difference!

"Using digital blueprints, a computational biologist explains how #microbes could #colonize space, produce #drugs, and generate #energy—highlighting how these models could shape the future of #biotechnology, #medicine, and #space exploration."

#genomics

https://theconversation.com/microbes-can-colonize-space-produce-drugs-and-create-energy-researchers-are-simulating-their-inner-workings-to-harness-how-241131

The Last Wildfire-Fighting Camp for Incarcerated Teens in California | Teen Vogue

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wildfire-camp-incarcerated-teens

"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”

#PrisonLabor

Modern day slavery. Undercutting the labor market with workers who are given no other choice, and where their earnings are largely gobbled up by the state. And being a hard worker means you will be denied parole.

Alabama has earned hundreds of millions of dollars from prison labor since 2000.
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-alabama-3b2c7e414c681ba545dc1d0ad30bfaf5

#alabama #prisons #prisonlabor #prisonlaborisslavery #slavery #modernslavery #criminaljustice #criminaljusticereform #labor #labormarket #parole #paroledenied #civilrights

@mk30. Thank you for sharing the rotten Alabama prison labor practices. #Alabama, #prisonlabor.

Incredible report, especially for anyone who thought slavery was abolished

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

(AP) #PrisonLabor #slavery #corporategreed #money #USA 🇺🇸
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e

@miah @tusk81

yup

the way the #GOP will "solve" the #immigration "problem" is it will imprison immigrants, then use them as free #prisonlabor

#MAGA morons think people will be sent back to their home countries

nope

1. establishing what country they are from isn't easy,
2. those countries won't accept them,
3. moving them is a huge cost

instead #Republicans will set up a scheme to rob people of their #labor:

imprison immigrants and work them for free rather than paying them

In favor of enforced #PrisonLabor aka #incarcerated #slavery? Take some time...not just a few seconds...to think about the methods of enforcement that come with unaccountable authority...........mm hm.................Yeah, they are doing all of that, and more.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4ewnpnebeh7zuk5pbardaxqz/post/3lapllniy4k2g

#Prisonlabor is legal in the United States due to a loophole in the #13thAmendment of the U.S. Constitution, which banned #slavery, except for people convicted of crimes.

https://apnews.com/article/prisons-labor-lawsuit-investigation-b41d72f87dc22e0a351a1a8f5345b9bc

‘#Florida loves #PrisonLabor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/florida-unpaid-prison-labor

End legal slavery in the US.

“And though members of Congress denounce imported goods made with prison labor in places like China’s Xinjiang province, the offices of many government agencies in Washington and elsewhere are stocked with furniture and supplies made by prisoners in this country.”

“Labor that people have no meaningful right to refuse and that is enforced under conditions of total control is, unquestionably, slavery.”

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/opinion/juneteenth-slavery-prison.html?unlocked_article_code=1.000.5voK.6Q7-8r38nFpk&smid=url-share

#Juneteenth #PrisonLabor

Badge: 🚬 🚬 🚬 Source: https://linktr.ee/Read.On

So if someone don't want to compete in 💰 capitalism then military 💣 is a good option over 🔒 prison because it provides and you can survive potentially and maybe make it to retirement at a decent age.

#alternative #altstyle #survival #escape #avoidance #prison #prisoner #prisonreform #prisonlabor #alcatraz #prisonindustrialcomplex #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #fuckcapitalism #endcapitalism #corporategreed #greedy #greed