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prison labor creates many useful products, such as military armor and medical equipment

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McDonalds, Whole Foods, Victoria's Secret, Walmart, and AT&T are among the many companies that use prison labor

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In the U.S., prisoners cost $55 billion annually to maintain, so prisoners are often required to work to make use of the $55 bil

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Many believe that prisons encourages mass incarceration to meet these quotas, contributing to the racially skewed prison population

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Some prisons have "quotas" to fill to ensure that enough workers are present

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In the United States, prisoners are often put in private prisons where they work for corporations to make private prisons money. Prisoners are paid under half of minimum wage and make millions for their private prison.