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Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

Top Arkansas politician uses labor from rehab work camp

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 31, 2017June 30, 2021

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.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay.

Rehab work camps were about to be regulated. Then a friend stepped in

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 18, 2017June 30, 2021

Because of the intervention, many recovery programs in Oklahoma remain exempt from state oversight.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

Recovering from Rehab

by Olivia Merrion October 12, 2017June 30, 2021

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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Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality

All work. No pay. Life at a rehab work camp.

by Hannah Young and Cheryl Devall October 7, 2017June 30, 2021

Reveal’s Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter investigate an Oklahoma recovery center called Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery, or CAAIR.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality

They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 4, 2017June 30, 2021

“It was a slave camp. I can’t believe the court sent me there.”

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