Prison Labor: Inmates Exploited for Profit | Corporate Casket

Go to http://upstart.com/casket to find out how Upstart can lower your monthly rate. Go to http://shipstation.com and use the code CASKET to get a 60-day free trial. Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. Today will discuss the use of prison labor and how it has seen massive growth in the United States since the 1970s. Companies as big as Victoria’s Secret, Walmart, and Starbucks have all been accused of utilizing labor from incarcerated people over the years. While many companies deny it, the exploitative practice of using prison labor for private profit is widespread in the United States and multiple other countries. Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://jpst.it/2NqBY Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Jess Hubbert This episode was edited by: Catechism: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1X38twKH-ePKOMQclh8a6g & Doing Family: https://www.youtube.com/c/DoingFamily & Kelpie & Michael: https://www.flowcode.com/page/michaelseim & The Mysterious Brian This episode's audio was mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Artists: Sprites made by https://plegberb.tumblr.com/ Outro song is Cake by Retrovision You made it all the way to the bottom of my description box so, hello there. 00:00 Intro 03:02 Prison Labor Background 06:36 PIECP and UNICOR 11:45 Private Companies and Prison labor 19:16 Ad 21:06 Strikes and Protests against Prison Labor 25:53 Final Thoughts #iilluminaughtii #prisonlabor #prisonertreatment