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All Work. No Pay.

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.”

All Work. No Pay.

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

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

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They worked in sweltering heat for Exxon, Shell and Walmart. They didn’t get paid a dime

“I can’t fathom this being legitimate,” one former Labor Department investigator says of a drug rehab’s work program.

All Work. No Pay.

Coming soon: American Rehab, a new podcast series from Reveal

Amid the opioid crisis, we uncover a type of rehab that flourishes by turning thousands of people desperate for treatment into an unpaid labor force.

Mar 9, 2020

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Drug rehab faces investigations into labor practices and Medicaid fraud

A Reveal exposé found that the drug rehab has sent thousands of patients to work without pay at hundreds of for-profit companies over the years.

May 16, 2019

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Prominent rehab faces 3 lawsuits for sending patients to work without pay

“Cenikor has turned patients struggling with addiction into a pool of unpaid, forced labor,” according to one of the suits.

May 2, 2019

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

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.

Sep 28, 2018

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Reveal wins ONA’s public service award

The Online News Association has honored Reveal with the Knight Award for Public Service for the All Work. No Pay. project.

Sep 16, 2018

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Labor Department officials told her to start paying workers. She ignored them, and they let her get away with it

Rehab entrepreneur Jennifer Warren continues to force her patients to work for free to fund her lavish lifestyle.

Sep 11, 2018

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Care homes used untrained rehab workers while collecting millions from Medicaid

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

Aug 9, 2018

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Welcome to Reveal’s Rehab Reporting Network

For more than a year, we have been investigating drug and alcohol rehab programs that offer a tantalizing promise: freedom from addiction for free. We’ve gotten more tips than we could ever handle on our own. So we’re asking for your help.

Jul 25, 2018