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A prison farm (also known as a penal farm) is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts are forced to work—legally or illegally—on a farm (in the wide sense of a productive unit), usually for manual labor, largely in the open air, such as in agriculture, logging, quarrying, and mining.
Jan 29, 2024 · Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands. ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.
Sep 8, 2018 · Jackson made eight trips to Cummins, including a visit in 1975 when he brought a Widelux camera, shooting panoramic images of the 16,000-acre prison farm. His shockingly candid work documenting...
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The Old Atlanta Prison Farm is an abandoned, city-owned prison complex in southwest DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Georgia. From approximately 1920 to 1990, the farm was worked by prisoners to produce food for the region's prison system.
Nov 8, 2023 · How prison plantations across the US exploit incarcerated laborers in fields of sugarcane, cotton, and other crops. Learn about the history of slavery, convict leasing, and prison labor from the perspective of former prisoners and journalists.
Sep 8, 2021 · Ontario’s prison farm program was revitalized in 2019. How farm work and rehabilitation go hand-in-hand.
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Prison Farm follows four inmates — Nato, Chris, Dan and Norm — as they grow crops, work in the community garden, keep bees and harvest honey, make maple syrup, and care for dairy...
