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All Work. No Pay.

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American Rehab: A Venomous Snake

by Shoshana Walter, Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Julia Harris, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Claire Mullen, Brett Myers, Andy Donohue, Esther Kaplan, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson August 27, 2022September 13, 2022

After amassing a small fortune, Synanon turns from a revolutionary rehab into a violent cult with mass sterilizations and a rattlesnake in a mailbox.

The logo for American Rehab shows an illustrated figure, in black, clinging to a large cog. In the background, other cogs spin against an orange color.
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American Rehab wins Murrow award for best podcast

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Amid a surging epidemic, American Rehab exposed how rehab facilities and their corporate partners exploit people who are in desperate need of treatment.

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Salvation Army faces lawsuit over labor violations

by Shoshana Walter May 14, 2021June 30, 2021

The venerated charity is one of the largest providers of drug rehab in the United States. Now former participants are demanding wages for uncompensated “work therapy” at thrift stores.

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Rehab work camps appear to violate federal law, senators say

by Andy Donohue and Shoshana Walter November 24, 2020June 30, 2021

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin ask the Government Accountability Office to investigate, citing Reveal’s project on unpaid work at rehabs.

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American Rehab Chapter 4: Cowboy Conman

by Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Shoshana Walter, Al Letson, Kevin Sullivan, Brett Myers, Najib Aminy, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Mwende Hinojosa and Claire Mullen July 18, 2020July 1, 2021

He’s a liar, a killer and a wannabe country singer. Luke Austin creates Cenikor in the image of a cult. But graft and violence nearly destroy it.

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The work cure

by Shoshana Walter July 7, 2020June 30, 2021

At 300 rehabs across the country, the main form of addiction treatment is work. And the participants rarely get paid.

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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.

The logo for American Rehab shows an illustrated figure, in black, clinging to a large cog. In the background, other cogs spin against an orange color.
Posted inAll Work. No Pay., American Rehab, Inequality

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

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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.

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Drug rehab ‘skirted compliance with the labor laws’ for financial gain, judge rules

by Shoshana Walter April 21, 2020June 30, 2021

A top Arkansas senator used unpaid rehab workers at his plastics factory. Now, participants have been awarded more than $1.1 million in back wages.

The exterior of a Cenikor drug rehab facility is a nondescript building that has the cenikor logo above the gront door.
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Drug rehab shutters amid coronavirus outbreak, sending residents scrambling

by Shoshana Walter April 3, 2020June 30, 2021

At a Cenikor drug rehab in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, residents were given two days to find a place to live. Some became homeless.

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