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Posted inAll Work. No Pay.

At hundreds of rehabs, recovery means work without pay

by Shoshana Walter July 7, 2020June 30, 2021

Despite deadly injuries and multiple investigations into illegal labor practices, work-based rehabs are an American growth industry.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

Drug rehab patients demand back wages after being sent to work for free

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter September 28, 2018September 28, 2018

Recovery Connections Community in North Carolina is one of many drug rehabs nationwide that put their clients to work in private businesses, and keep their wages.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

Care homes used untrained rehab workers while collecting millions from Medicaid

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter August 9, 2018June 30, 2021

Medicaid-funded caregivers in North Carolina must receive 80 hours of training and can’t have criminal convictions for drug trafficking.

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Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

This cafe serves food bought with rehab participants’ food stamps

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter July 9, 2018June 30, 2021

There’s a reason Community Cafe’s prices are so low.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

She said she’d free them from addiction. She turned them into her personal servants

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter May 21, 2018June 30, 2021

“It’s like slavery,” said one rehab participant, “like we were on the plantation.”

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