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.
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.”
All Work. No Pay.
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.
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Reveal exposes how a treatment for drug addiction has turned tens of thousands of people into an unpaid, shadow workforce.
All Work. No Pay.
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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.
All Work. No Pay.
Drug rehab ‘skirted compliance with the labor laws’ for financial gain, judge rules
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.
All Work. No Pay.
Drug rehab shutters amid coronavirus outbreak, sending residents scrambling
At a Cenikor drug rehab in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, residents were given two days to find a place to live. Some became homeless.
All Work. No Pay.
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.
All Work. No Pay.
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.
All Work. No Pay.
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.
All Work. No Pay.
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.
All Work. No Pay.
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.
All Work. No Pay.
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.
