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All Work. No Pay.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

Drug rehab faces investigations into labor practices and Medicaid fraud

by Shoshana Walter May 16, 2019June 30, 2021

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.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay.

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

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter May 2, 2019May 15, 2019

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

Posted inAccountability

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

by Shoshana Walter and Amy Julia Harris April 24, 2019June 30, 2021

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

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Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

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

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter September 28, 2018September 28, 2018

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.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inside the Newsroom

Reveal wins ONA’s public service award

Reveal -- Site Icon by Reveal staff September 16, 2018September 17, 2018

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

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

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

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter September 11, 2018November 29, 2018

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

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

Care homes used untrained rehab workers while collecting millions from Medicaid

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter August 9, 2018June 30, 2021

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

Posted inAll Work. No Pay.

Welcome to Reveal’s Rehab Reporting Network

by Byard Duncan July 25, 2018June 30, 2021

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.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

North Carolina rehab under investigation for food stamp fraud

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter July 12, 2018August 13, 2018

A rogue drug rehab program in North Carolina is being investigated for food stamp fraud, the latest fallout in an ongoing Reveal investigation.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., Inequality

This cafe serves food bought with rehab participants’ food stamps

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter July 9, 2018June 30, 2021

There’s a reason Community Cafe’s prices are so low.

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