How U.S. prison labor perpetuates slavery-like conditions for the incarcerated
STORY: How U.S. prison labor perpetuates slavery-like conditions for the incarcerated
DATELINE: June 28, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:31
LOCATION: Geneva, Switzerland
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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SOUNDBITE (English): ROMARILYN RALSTON, Program Director, California State University's Project Rebound
STORYLINE:
"I was able to see what prison labor really looked like from the inside out... It's really insulting," said Romarilyn Ralston, a California-based former convict-turned civil rights advocate.
SOUNDBITE (English): ROMARILYN RALSTON, Program Director of California State University's Project Rebound
"Most of my life, 23 years of that short life that I've lived was behind bars in a Californian prison, the California Institution for Women. Within that prison, I was able to hold a number of positions in the prison. One, as a clerk in the firefighting department, also as a trainer, also working with women who were in the fire camp program, among other positions within the prison. And I was able to see what prison labor
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