{"id":922,"date":"2012-08-06T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/06\/voluntary-work-program-run-in-private-detention\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:28:09","slug":"voluntary-work-program-run-in-private-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/08\/06\/voluntary-work-program-run-in-private-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"“Voluntary” Work Program Run in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In private prisons around the country, immigrants languishing in detention centers are being put to work by profit-making companies like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for far below the minimum wage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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See on Scoop.it – Rights & Liberties In private prisons around the country, immigrants languishing in detention centers are being put to work by profit-making companies like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for far below the minimum wage. 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