How Louisiana’s prison system makes people feel like ‘slaves’
By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United
| January 8, 2023 News Digest |
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| Prison slavery Louisiana prison staff call incarcerated persons ‘slaves’ More than a dozen incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people have shared their experiences of being forced to work in Louisiana’s prison system, a state that rejected the opportunity to remove language from its constitution that allows slavery as punishment for a crime. They shared that the prison system makes them feel like “enslaved people”. Read more… |
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| Supply chain How price is the engine of cocoa sustainability The chocolate industry is worth billions of dollars, and yet, most cocoa farmers in West Africa live in poverty, enabling exploitation to thrive. As consumers demand greater sustainability from their favorite chocolate brands, the wealthiest players in the cocoa value chain are putting the burden of change on the poorest players without addressing the stark imbalance of resources, risk and power. Read more… |
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