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And Justice for Some

Courts are supposed to mete out justice fairly. What if the scales are out of balance?

Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Criminal Justice

Suit: Oklahoma sheriffs, judges let company extort people over court debts

by Ziva Branstetter February 7, 2018February 12, 2018

A federal suit claims an Oklahoma company extorts thousands of people too poor to pay their court debts, without hearings required by law.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality

Accused of slavery, Arkansas politician’s company files defamation suit

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter November 3, 2017November 6, 2017

The state’s Senate majority leader is accused of participating in “a pervasive scheme of slavery.”

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality

ACLU accuses rehab work camp: Human trafficking, bedbugs, no treatment

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter November 1, 2017November 29, 2018

It is the second class-action lawsuit filed against the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program prompted by an investigation by Reveal.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality

Arkansas’ Senate leader cancels his company’s contract with work camp

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 31, 2017October 31, 2017

The move comes following a Reveal investigation into unpaid labor from drug rehab program participants.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some

Third lawsuit this month filed over forced labor at chicken plants

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

Rehabilitation centers put men to work for free in chicken processing plants and a plastic manufacturer, under threat of prison.

A photo of a white building with an american flag outside, against a blue sky.
Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some

Why courts’ use of religious work camps could be ‘patently illegal’

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 17, 2017October 25, 2017

“A more religiously coercive environment is scarcely imaginable,” says the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some

Second group of chicken workers sue, alleging rehab slavery

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 13, 2017October 25, 2017

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.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights

Chicken workers sue, saying they were modern-day slaves

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 10, 2017October 10, 2017

Judges across the country had ordered defendants into rehab programs that double as work camps for for-profit companies.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some, Inequality

All work. No pay. Life at a rehab work camp.

by Hannah Young and Cheryl Devall October 7, 2017June 30, 2021

Reveal’s Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter investigate an Oklahoma recovery center called Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery, or CAAIR.

Posted inAll Work. No Pay., And Justice for Some

How a drug court rehab kept its participants’ workers’ comp

by Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter October 6, 2017June 30, 2021

“That sounds like something from the early 1900s. And this is going on right now? And how is it legal?”

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