A project by photographer Daniella Zalcman shows the casual prevalence of goods made by prison labor in public and private spaces.
In the United States, prison labor is everywhere, a practice nearly as old as our nation itself. Incarcerated workers are responsible for producing over $2 billion in goods annually, much of which is sold via federal and state prison industries to public institutions like libraries, schools, courthouses and government agencies.
Incarcerated workers make between 33 cents and $1.41 per hour working for state-owned businesses — though in six states, prison workers aren’t paid for their labor at all.
"The cost of the disastrous, incompetently run Iran War is enormous.
You see it most clearly in gas prices, but the rising price of diesel - nearly twice what it was before the war - is increasing the cost of everything.
Hear me out on the biggest hidden cost of the war."
-Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)