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Virginia Prisons 'Wide Open to Business'

Loaded on Nov. 15, 1998 by Dan Pens published in Prison Legal News November, 1998, page 1
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Prison Industries. Location: Virginia.
Slave Labor Meets Hollywood

In a warehouse near the Baltimore airport in 1997, California businessman Trek Kelly observed a supplier peeling tags off crates of merchandise. Later he found a tag that had been overlooked. A tag with the words "Virginia State Prisons" printed on it.

At the time, Kelly, …

 

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