Prison Labor Fuels Fast Food Supply Chains

Your favorite fast food burger might be the product of modern-day slavery. A massive investigation

just revealed that US prisoners are the hidden workforce behind huge brands like McDonald’s,

Walmart, and Frosted Flakes. This isn't just stamping license plates.

In places like Louisiana, inmates are working on the grounds of former slave plantations, harvesting crops

and raising cattle for pennies an hour or literally zero pay. If they refuse,

they face solitary confinement. This agricultural empire feeds into the supply chains

of giant corporations and it is all legal because the Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for

a crime. The supply chain is so murky that you are likely buying prison-made products