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Arkansas and Oklahoma Rehab Programs Sued for Using Court-ordered Defendants for Forced Labor
Loaded on Aug. 6, 2018
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2018, page 22
Filed under:
Prison Labor,
Class Certification,
Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Locations:
Arkansas,
Oklahoma.
by David Reutter
A federal lawsuit filed in October 2017 accuses an Arkansas-based drug rehab center of “human trafficking and forced labor” for abusing a court-ordered pre-trial diversion program. The rehab center reportedly compelled defendants to provide cheap labor for welding companies, chicken processing plants and manufacturers – including a ...
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