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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor (futurism.com)

submitted 5 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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In reporting from 2023 that was resurfaced this week on social media, the publication Prison Legal News revealed that Taylor Farms was contracting labor from the Arizona Department of Correction, Rehabilitation, and Reentry for the low, low price of just $4.75 an hour — far below the cost of a non-incarcerated worker the federal minimum wage. (And to be clear, that’s not the hourly wage paid to the inmate, which is capped at $1.50 in Arizona.)

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The avg American pays much more than $4.75/hr for this labour tho as its living expenses are paid through taxes, in effect subsidizing the $4.75 wage.

[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but they're producing more than $4.75 an hour worth of value against their will.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Of course.