Since Reconstruction, states have leased prisoners to US industries. That diminished in the 20th century, but now it's resurging, with prisoners leased to harvest food for American consumers.
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Articles on immigrant farm workers
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A researcher takes a closer look at the millions of unauthorized workers who play an essential role in the U.S. economy – and why they matter.
Female migrant farm workers across North America are vulnerable to sexual abuse and assault because the systems set up to temporarily employ them offer no protections or access to citizenship.
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Director of Cornell Farmworker Program, Cornell University
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PhD Candidate in Sociology and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar, University of Toronto
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College Professor of Anthropology, Okanagan College
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Food Systems Geographer, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
