Survey of Prison Inmates

Report on Prison Labor: ‘Too Much Drudgery, Not Enough Opportunity’
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Report on Prison Labor: ‘Too Much Drudgery, Not Enough Opportunity’

Illustration by AK Rockefeller via Flickr. The ‘vast majority” of individuals incarcerated in state prisons are forced to work menial jobs for poverty-level pay, according to a new Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) policy brief. As a result, most leave prison poorly qualified to find a job in civilian society that will keep them out of…