Legal System

A legal system is a system of laws, procedures, and institutions that are used to administer justice in a society. It is the framework within which a society resolves disputes and enforces the rules that govern its members. Legal systems can vary widely from one country to another, but all legal systems have certain features in common, such as a set of laws, a system of courts, and mechanisms for enforcing decisions. The legal system plays a crucial role in ensuring that individuals and businesses are able to resolve disputes and are protected from harm. It is also an important part of a country’s overall system of governance.

 

 

Exploiting Prison Workers for Cheap Sheets
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Exploiting Prison Workers for Cheap Sheets

It took Johnny Perez over four years of making hundreds of bedsheets every day at a factory to reach the top pay tier: about 32 cents an hour, nearly double his starting wage. He was one of the highest-paid workers at Coxsackie Correctional Facility—a textile manufacturer run by the New York State prison system. When…

Meet The Start-Up Founder Connecting Arrestees To Free Legal Support
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Meet The Start-Up Founder Connecting Arrestees To Free Legal Support

Founded by Jelani Anglin, Good Call is a tech hybrid taking on mass incarceration in the U.S. by providing early access to legal support. Though currently only 1% of people have access to counsel at the point of arrest, Good Call’s free hotline service connects arrestees to a free attorney and can also update family…

The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology
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The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology

Right from under the noses of the British Home Office, hundreds of child refugees, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, are being abducted and trafficked for all sorts of reasons. The British Home Office has been repeatedly cautioned by a multitude of agencies, about the dangers such vulnerable children faced, arriving unaccompanied from their homelands….

Louisiana systematically keeping people incarcerated past their release date
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Louisiana systematically keeping people incarcerated past their release date

Watch our event with a brilliant panel of activists discussing forced prison labor. Louisiana, the U.S. state dubbed the “world’s prison capital”, has a deep-rooted forced prison labor problem. In addition to this human rights violation, it is the only jurisdiction in the U.S. that is known to systematically keep people incarcerated past their release…

Slavery In Suburbia – News 12 Westchester
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Slavery In Suburbia – News 12 Westchester

VIDEO: FULL SLAVERY IN SUBURBIA SPECIAL: You might not realize it, but January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and this weekend, we’re shining the spotlight on the growing problem across the tri-state. The Turn To Tara team spent several months combing through new data, and it reveals some of the reasons why cases of human…

Prioritise human trafficking prevention – The Daily Star
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Prioritise human trafficking prevention – The Daily Star

The revelations of a report prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) titled, “Trafficking in Persons 2022,” are chilling and concerning. According to it, only one person was convicted in a human trafficking case in Bangladesh in 2020, illustrating a shockingly low conviction rate in the country for such an egregious…

Ford hopes Nevada Legislature addresses human trafficking | Serving Carson City for over 150 years
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Ford hopes Nevada Legislature addresses human trafficking | Serving Carson City for over 150 years

Sex trafficking survivor Rebekah Charleston was scared she might never live to see her 21st birthday after her pimp sold her to the local brothels as punishment if she wasn’t working enough. “Honestly, I didn’t have hope for a future that didn’t revolve around my body being sold,” she recalled. “It’s a hard existence (for…

Wisconsin resources for human trafficking awareness – Spectrum News
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Wisconsin resources for human trafficking awareness – Spectrum News

This article discusses information about human trafficking and abuse. If you or someone you know has been a victim of abuse or human trafficking, you can call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 for confidential support. WISCONSIN — There were about 24.9 million victims of human trafficking in 2016, according to estimates from the…

Success of ‘Slavery on the Ballot’ Vote Could Help Incarcerated Pregnant People
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Success of ‘Slavery on the Ballot’ Vote Could Help Incarcerated Pregnant People

This story was originally published by The 19th. During the midterm elections, five states — Alabama, Oregon, Vermont, Louisiana, and Tennessee — put to vote initiatives purported to prohibit the use of slavery and indentured servitude as a punishment for crime, an antiquated allowance given by the 13th Amendment 157 years ago this month that…

Success of ‘slavery on the ballot’ measures could help incarcerated pregnant people of color
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Success of ‘slavery on the ballot’ measures could help incarcerated pregnant people of color

Originally published by The 19th During the midterm elections, five states — Alabama, Oregon, Vermont, Louisiana, and Tennessee — put to vote initiatives purported to prohibit the use of slavery and indentured servitude as a punishment for crime, an antiquated allowance given by the 13th Amendment 157 years ago this month that prisons across the country still…