Description

In this episode of Freedom Unshackled, Amaya and Reignie will have an introductory podcast about wages in the prison system. This episode will provide listeners with the basic knowledge about wages while incarcerated to provide a background for upcoming interviews with more formerly incarcerated individuals. 

SOURCES:

https://gothamist.com/news/how-ny-prison-slave-labor-powers-a-50-million-manufacturing-enterprise

https://corcraft.ny.gov/who-we-sell-to

https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-states-new-hand-sanitizer-made-prisoners-paid-average-65-cents-hour

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/novel-coronavirus-briefing-governor-cuomo-announces-state-will-provide-alcohol-based-hand

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/13th-2016

https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/

https://www.alec.org/

http://maltajusticeinitiative.org/12-major-corporations-benefiting-from-the-prison-industrial-complex-2/

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/04/10/wages/

https://www.cor.pa.gov/PCI/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.mass.gov/massachusetts-correctional-industries-masscor