The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

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    https://marketrealist.com/p/companies-that-use-prison-labor/#what-are-some-companies-that-use-prison-labor

    • Verizon uses inmates to provide telecommunication services.
    • Fidelity Investments uses some held assets to fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization that promotes inmate work.
    • Kmart and JCPenney use inmate labor in Tennessee to make denim products.
    • Walmart uses prison labor to clean barcodes so products can be resold.
    • Some cheese and fish from Whole Foods comes from prison labor.
    • Circuit boards from IBM come from Texas prisoners.
    • Wendy’s and McDonald’s use prison labor to process beef for their food products.
    • Amazon uses BOP labor for cleaning and sorting damaged goods