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America's Slave Labor
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Inmates are being forced to work in toxic 'e-waste' sweatshops
U.S. PRISONERS WORKING FOR a computer-recycling operation run by Federal Prison Industries (FPI) are being exposed to a toxic cocktail of hazardous chemicals through their prison jobs while efforts by some prison officials to protect them have been met with stonewalling and subterfuge.
Since 1994, FPI has used inmates to disassemble electronic waste (e-waste)-the detritus of obsolete computers, televisions and related electronics goods-for recycling. According to a new report, "Toxic Sweatshops"-published jointly by the Texas Campaign for the Environment, California-based Computer Take-Back Campaign and the …
