Jim Hendren’s use of a work camp program shows how beneficiaries of unpaid labor stretch from top companies to high levels of state political power.
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Rehab work camps were about to be regulated. Then a friend stepped in
Because of the intervention, many recovery programs in Oklahoma remain exempt from state oversight.
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Recovering from Rehab
Brad McGahey was sentenced to a year in prison for buying a stolen horse trailer. But when he went before a judge, he was sent to CAAIR instead.
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All work. No pay. Life at a rehab work camp.
Reveal’s Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter investigate an Oklahoma recovery center called Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery, or CAAIR.
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They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants
“It was a slave camp. I can’t believe the court sent me there.”