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Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Chair Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
America locks up more people than almost any other country in the world—nearly 2 million a year—and they are disproportionately people of color. Those who refuse to work can be punished, including being thrown into solitary confinement, Booker noted, and those injured or killed often do not have access to the most basic rights and protections guaranteed to other American workers.
Booker, chair of the Senate’s subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism, was speaking during a hearing aimed at looking at ways to rethink prison labor, from making jobs voluntary and boosting wages to protecting workers against injuries and abuse.
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