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Rights Behind Bars
Coverage of Rights Behind Bars in the Nexus archive.
- The future of farming cannot be built on forced labor
The article discusses the use of forced labor in Louisiana's Angola prison farm, where incarcerated men work under harsh conditions, and criticizes a federal court's decision to not mandate changes despite acknowledging the dehumanizing nature of the practice. The lawsuit VOTE v. LeBlanc argued these conditions violate constitutional protections against cruel punishment.