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  3. WPR PROGRAM ON PRISON LABOR WITH JOHN EASON

WPR PROGRAM ON PRISON LABOR WITH JOHN EASON

Posted on November 27, 2018

With prison inmates in California getting paid $1-an-hour for fighting fires, Wisconsin Public Radio explored the history of prison labor in America and the controversy that surrounds it. Associate Professor John Eason was the guest of the show and provided his view as a sociologist.

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