• usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml
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    Don’t worry, they’ve already got the prison slave labor part down

    At the O.B Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas, prisoners manage an egg farm, farrow pigs and even maintain a parakeet aviary. Colorado Correctional Industries is a major producer of buffalo mozzarella — cheese produced by inmates there has made its way to popular chains like Papa John’s, Pizza Hut and Domino’s.

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    In 2021, Arizona Correctional Industries leased 92 workers to Hickman Family Farms, the largest egg company in the Southwest. According to ACI, Hickman Family Farms had struggled to retain workers willing to labor in what the company describes as admittedly “dirty” conditions. Thanks to this partnership, which generates over $7 million dollars a year in revenue for the state prison system, Hickman now has ample access to “motivated workers that can be relied upon to be at work on time” and who receive no paid vacation or sick leave.

    Factory Farms Are Sourcing Their Cheap Labor From Prisons

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      23 hours ago

      leased 92 workers

      Good reminder that slavery is still legal and people can still be property in the US.

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        21 hours ago

        No you don’t understand these are baaaad people. Some of them smoked weed while being black. Can you believe it?

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        Ah wasn’t 100% sure if that was a metaphor for the chicken’s brutal living conditions, or about the human slave labor in the egg industry