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Editorial: Exploitation Of Prison Labor Reflects America's Disenfranchisement Problem, Liz Theriault
Editorial: Exploitation Of Prison Labor Reflects America's Disenfranchisement Problem, Liz Theriault
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In December of 2019, presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg released a statement confirming that his campaign exploited prison workers in Oklahoma to make calls for his 2020 campaign. Bloomberg’s campaign employed ProCom through a third party vendor, and two of the company’s call centers in Oklahoma are based in out-of-state prisons. Bloomberg has since denounced any prior knowledge of this campaign practice and has ceased working with ProCom. Yet, exploiting prisoners for campaign efforts is a symbol of irony, capturing the unfair disenfranchisement of prisoners and ex-convicts in the United States.
Humanization Of Non-Violent Inmates Critical To Prison Reform, Kim Crowley
Humanization Of Non-Violent Inmates Critical To Prison Reform, Kim Crowley
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The United States prison system is in desperate need of reform. We are the world’s leading jailer, creating trends of mass incarceration, racial disparity and widespread prison overpopulation. The statistics surrounding U.S. criminal justice, specifically our national prison system, are dismal at best. Over 2 million U.S. citizens are currently in prison. State prisons, as a group, exceed their maximum nominal inmate capacity by 15 percent. Federal prisons exceed their capacity even more so by 36 percent.