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All labour exists on a spectrum, ranging from enslavement at one pole, to fully, freely given on the other. And, in Canada, at the most extreme end of that spectrum are prison labourers. Incarcerated people have few rights and fewer options when it comes to their wor ...
Prison labour is largely invisible in Canada. Most prisoners who work do institutional upkeep, the kind of cleaning, cooking and maintenance that’s required to keep a prison running. But then there are prison industries. Not only do Canadian prisoners work for for-pr ...
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