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Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Tailors and corner stores: The hustles helping prisoners survive

Prisoners at New Jersey State Prison survive through a second economy while earning pennies from prison labor and facing exorbitant commissary markups.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

The prison economy: Behind bars, everyone's making money DW 09/11/2025

Governments and private actors profit from mass incarceration while inmates face overcrowding, low wages, and expensive essentials, creating a lucrative prison economy.
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