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Rehab work camps appear to violate federal law, senators say

by Andrew Donohue and Shoshana Walter November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

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

American Rehab Chapter 8: Shadow Workforce

by Laura Starecheski, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Ike Sriskandarajah, Shoshana Walter, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Claire Mullen, Mwende Hinojosa and Katharine Mieszkowski August 8, 2020August 10, 2020

For decades, work-based rehabs have spread across the country. No one knows how many are out there, so we counted them ourselves.

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American Rehab Chapter 7: The Work Cure

by Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Shoshana Walter, Ike Sriskandarajah, Laura Starecheski, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Mwende Hinojosa, Najib Aminy, Claire Mullen, Al Letson and Amy Mostafa August 1, 2020August 10, 2020

One man’s journey into Cenikor leads to almost two years of hard labor. The program will change him. But can it help Chris Koon with his addiction?

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American Rehab Chapter 6: The White Vans

by Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Kevin Sullivan, Brett Myers, Al Letson, Ike Sriskandarajah, Laura Starecheski, Shoshana Walter, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Mwende Hinojosa, Claire Mullen and Katharine Mieszkowski July 29, 2020March 30, 2021

Before sunrise, a line of passenger vans heads to job sites across Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They carry squads of unpaid laborers.

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American Rehab Chapter 5: Reagan with the Snap

by Laura Starecheski, Shoshana Walter, Ike Sriskandarajah, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Najib Aminy, Al Letson, Mwende Hinojosa and Claire Mullen July 25, 2020August 10, 2020

Cenikor rises from the ashes, thanks to an inventor of NFL football pads, the war on drugs and the endorsement of an American president.

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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, 2020August 10, 2020

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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American Rehab Chapter 3: A Venomous Snake

by Shoshana Walter, Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Amy Mostafa, Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Julia Harris and Najib Aminy July 11, 2020August 10, 2020

After building a small fortune, Synanon’s megalomaniac leader turns the revolutionary rehab into a violent cult.

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The work cure

by Shoshana Walter July 7, 2020July 20, 2020

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

All Work. No Pay.

At hundreds of rehabs, recovery means work without pay

by Shoshana Walter July 7, 2020March 18, 2021

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

American Rehab Chapter 2: Miracle on the Beach

by Shoshana Walter, Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Brett Myers, Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Amy Julia Harris, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Matt Thompson, Esther Kaplan, Amanda Pike and Claire Mullen July 4, 2020August 10, 2020

Reveal’s American Rehab exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid shadow workforce.

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