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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants.
Very depressing but important article on rehabilitation work programs.
Across the country, judges increasingly are sending defendants to rehab instead of prison or jail. These diversion courts have become the bedrock of criminal justice reform, aiming to transform lives and ease overcrowded prisons.
But in the rush to spare people from prison, some judges are steering defendants into rehabs that are little more than lucrative work camps for private industry, an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.
The programs promise freedom from addiction. Instead, theyve turned thousands of men and women into indentured servants.
The beneficiaries of these programs span the country, from Fortune 500 companies to factories and local businesses. The defendants work at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Oklahoma, a construction firm in Alabama, a nursing home in North Carolina.
But in the rush to spare people from prison, some judges are steering defendants into rehabs that are little more than lucrative work camps for private industry, an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.
The programs promise freedom from addiction. Instead, theyve turned thousands of men and women into indentured servants.
The beneficiaries of these programs span the country, from Fortune 500 companies to factories and local businesses. The defendants work at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Oklahoma, a construction firm in Alabama, a nursing home in North Carolina.
Full article: https://www.revealnews.org/article/they-thought-they-were-going-to-rehab-they-ended-up-in-chicken-plants/
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They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants. (Original Post)
Willie Pep
Oct 2017
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Tanuki
(14,921 posts)1. Gee, steering someone with an active addiction problem to a job at a nursing home,
working around vulnerable seniors and medications. What could possibly go wrong?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,362 posts)2. This is outrageous.
Youve got to be kidding me, Noah Zatz, a professor specializing in labor law at UCLA, said when presented with Reveals findings. Thats a very strong 13th Amendment violation case.
No kidding.
dembotoz
(16,835 posts)3. the old busy hands are happy hands argument....throw in a daily sermon....christian rehab
and how do you complain....you are an addict or a criminal...you have no rights