Inmates in prisons across the US are used as an expendable, low-to-no-cost labor source during natural disasters, according to an October 2024 article by Panagioti Tsolkas for Earth Island Journal. Incarcerated people, who are already neglected in the wake of natural disasters, can be forced to work and are often…
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