Does Prison Labor Pervert What it Means to Say ‘Made in the USA?’
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Does Prison Labor Pervert What it Means to Say ‘Made in the USA?’

The federal government awards contracts for a vast majority of its textile production needs to factories that employ federal prisoners. Many of these prisoners make barely more than a dollar an hour and most of their earnings go back to the prison where they reside or to any child support or restitution still outstanding. This…

Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 8: HTE: Chapter 2: Prevalence, “What is Human Trafficking?” blog on Radical Empathy, Discussion about creating an online safety course for the game industry
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 8: HTE: Chapter 2: Prevalence, “What is Human Trafficking?” blog on Radical Empathy, Discussion about creating an online safety course for the game industry

Welcome to the Prevention Cohort LIVE stream, sponsored by PBJ Learning Today, we go over the Prevalence of Human Trafficking, from Chapter 2 of Human Trafficking Essentials. We go over the interactive sections and I share some of the “why” the course is written and designed the way it is. Our second section is a…

Walmart, Centric Brands Probe ‘Very Concerning’ Cambodia Prison Labor Allegations
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Walmart, Centric Brands Probe ‘Very Concerning’ Cambodia Prison Labor Allegations

Walmart and Centric Brands are probing their supply chains in Cambodia over allegations of the illegal use of women’s prison labor to produce garments for export in the wake of questions raised by Reuters this week and amid ongoing concerns by an apparel industry trade group that the violations were taking place. The American Apparel…

Government, Civil Society & Scientology Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa: Some Challenges and Efforts in 2023
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Government, Civil Society & Scientology Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa: Some Challenges and Efforts in 2023

Glory Matipile is featured in an episode of Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network. Scientology and its members are more and more involved in fighting human trafficking in different ways. Human Righs education and collaborative skills are key. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, July 20, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Scientology and its members are more and more involved…

‘Sound of Freedom,’ this summer’s surprise blockbuster, is fronted by a QAnon supporter and financed by a man who defrauded Medicare
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‘Sound of Freedom,’ this summer’s surprise blockbuster, is fronted by a QAnon supporter and financed by a man who defrauded Medicare

Editor’s note: this is an example of the type of stories that are running while the movie is playing in theaters. This is for you to use for your own research. Research Satanic Ritual Abuse here. Research Organ Harvesting here. Sound of Freedom, a movie about child sex trafficking, has been topping the box office…

Laundry soap made by prison labor selling for triple the price | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Laundry soap made by prison labor selling for triple the price | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

A popular laundry soap made by prisoners is being sold online at more than three times the list price after production fell due to novel coronavirus restrictions on prison work. Officials believe that scalpers are buying the soap in bulk to make a killing through resale. The Blue Stick soap, billed as a “superstar stain…

Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
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Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

Editor’s note: We are non-partisan. Children are being hurt. Please, watch, read, learn, and act accordingly. Hearing Date: Wednesday 04/26/2023 – 3:00 PM Hearing Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will examine the unprecedented surge of unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border and…

History of labor trafficking
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History of labor trafficking

ARIZONA, La. (KTAL/KMSS) –   The kids ran circles around the old brick chimney, yelling “You’re it,” at one another until they tired and headed back to the front porch of the crumbling mansion—but if the children had known the truth about the chimney in the middle of that Claiborne Parish field, would they have used…

Q&A: California’s uninterrupted history of slavery
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Q&A: California’s uninterrupted history of slavery

Slavery is often associated with the South. A new book shifts the narrative West. “California, a Slave State,” details 250 years of slavery and slave revolts in California. KPBS reporter Katie Hyson spoke with the book’s author, Jean Pfaelzer, a public historian and University of Delaware professor, about slavery throughout the state’s history, and how…

Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were neglected
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Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were neglected

Clothed in orange with elbow-high rubber gloves and large black masks, a line of workers along a conveyor belt pull lead from cathode-ray tubes. At a construction warehouse, more workers in orange jumpsuits piece together wall frames for single-family homes until one shoots a nail into his knee with a nail gun. At a canning…