Add your name: Forced prison labor must be stopped!

You may have purchased goods that rely on forced prison labor.

Many everyday big-box and supermarket chains stock their shelves with products that rely on forced prison labor, says a groundbreaking report from the Associated Press. These companies are just a handful of thousands that rake in profits from mass incarceration. Across the United States, people behind bars are being forced into hard labor—harvesting crops, raising cattle, cleaning dangerous machinery in poultry processing plants—for mere pennies per hour, if not nothing at all. This is modern-day slavery. Add your name to call for an end to forced labor in U.S. prisons → People who endure prison labor say that they are given little to no choice in working. Many are threatened with violence or punishment if they refuse to work or do not meet a certain production quota. Vera fights to ensure dignity and justice for incarcerated people. Add your name to say no to forced prison labor → In solidarity, Vera Institute of Justice Paid for by Vera Institute of Justice   Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.