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University of Florida Still Using Prison Labor, But End in Sight
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2020
by Kevin Bliss
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2020, page 12
Filed under:
Prison Labor.
Location:
Florida.
by Kevin Bliss
The University of Florida (UF) released a statement June 18, 2020 in response to a letter written by the Coalition to Abolish Prison Slavery (CAPS). The statement included initiatives addressing racism and inequality on the campus as well as agriculture prison labor operations.
Florida is one of ...
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