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.
All Work. No Pay.
Inside a rehab empire
Reveal reporters Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter have been uncovering the ways that some drug rehabs exploit their desperate clients.
All Work. No Pay.
Response to NC rehab investigation: ‘This is a horrific scheme that preys on people at their lowest’
North Carolina officials looked the other way for years until reporters began asking questions.
All Work. No Pay.
Tell us about your experience at a work-based rehab
We’re building a nationwide reporting network to cover work-based rehabs. And we want your help.
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Reveal project All Work. No Pay. named a Pulitzer finalist
Reporters Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter’s investigation of forced labor at drug rehab centers one of two finalists for journalism’s top honor.
All Work. No Pay.
Inside a judge’s rehab: Unpaid work at a local Coca-Cola plant
A judge started his own rehab where defendants must work at a bottling plant and other companies, under threat of prison if they don’t comply.
All Work. No Pay.
ACLU accuses rehab work camp: Human trafficking, bedbugs, no treatment
It is the second class-action lawsuit filed against the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program prompted by an investigation by Reveal.
All Work. No Pay.
Top Arkansas politician uses labor from rehab work camp
Jim Hendren’s use of a work camp program shows how beneficiaries of unpaid labor stretch from top companies to high levels of state political power.
All Work. No Pay.
Rehab work camps were about to be regulated. Then a friend stepped in
Because of the intervention, many recovery programs in Oklahoma remain exempt from state oversight.
All Work. No Pay.
Second group of chicken workers sue, alleging rehab slavery
Men in the program work for free, under constant threat of being sent to prison, on products for big-name brands, including Popeyes, KFC and Walmart.
All Work. No Pay.
Recovering from Rehab
Brad McGahey was sentenced to a year in prison for buying a stolen horse trailer. But when he went before a judge, he was sent to CAAIR instead.
