A prisoner works in a field under a guard's watch.
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An investigation by The Associated Press tied some of the biggest food companies to labor performed by prisoners throughout the U.S. penal systems despite some of those same companies having policies against such practices.
One case The AP highlighted found there were cattle raised by prisoners of the Louisianna State Penitentiary. The men were sentenced to hard labor and paid as much as pennies for the cattle to be prepared to enter the supply chains of giants like McDonald’s, Walmart, and Cargill.
