​Links

Vera Institute Aug 2023 Report on KY incarceration 
https://www.vera.org/downloads/publications/the-criminalization-of-poverty-in-kentucky-report.pdf

Vera Institute Dec 2024 Jailing for Profit
https://www.vera.org/news/jailing-for-profit-when-budgets-depend-on-locking-people-up?ms=cul_comm_all_email_Vera25_ctr_Feb18&utm_source=email&utm_medium=all&utm_campaign=all_Feb18&emci=acc03c8b-e1ea-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&emdi=690c4eac-00ee-ef11-90cb-0022482a94f4&ceid=43943

Evolution of Slavery by Max Parthas Feb 2024
https://www.blackagendareport.com/evolution-slavery?fbclid=IwAR12pizFnBZrbBSTz5uVkWgVrSb7AGpxINujV5-t8Bk_iEynY9t37JYI6Yk#new_tab

Prison labor investigative report Jan 2024
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e#new_tab

Michael Smith paper on State Constitutional Prohibition of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude, June 2023
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4549674&fbclid=IwAR2btGEi9Ducy3D6o06_p8q2jypONVvNM8eDtIuvmrVXPEGahDROlARRrnk

Edgeworth Economics article on the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Ending Slavery and Involuntary Servitude as Criminal Punishment  and Paying Incarcerated Workers Fair Wages
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f47b3641ee69c69c7889cc6/t/65b9750c440294445b60056f/1706652940634/2024+-+CBA+of+Ending+Prison+Slavery+Report.pdf

Herald Leader Caged series
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/watchdog/article231443768.html

MAGA GOP's New Model is the Old South 
​https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-maga-gops-new-model-for-america-ff5?r=49v9o&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2GwxMeVIHi9y5gds6pJn3RANJtY7btMKsNzXzrLiiTlBKSXdgyMOAe6Ic_aem_JdzxaA82jC-xusiUTL3a1g 

Captive Labor
https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workers?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3yoSr-v4GvXXSfcpNOSBiZGTP0Q_8crimegrE2QVEdrvP4-PLcWiAC-ko_aem_7UZ0yTiJtQDHa6NOkGyIaQ

Prison Policy Initiatives on Prison Staffing Shortages 
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/12/09/understaffing/

The Hidden Web of Criminal Legal System Fines
https://kypolicy.org/the-hidden-web-of-criminal-legal-system-fines-and-fees-in-kentucky/

Bad Behavior: How prison disciplinary policies manufacture misconduct.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/discipline.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQw0EBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeS8_hRucUiSsHZfHW7-dI6b3RWyR0gWgklOFvoCgyToleCcZF1hYhZ7iGRec_aem_K7M8iygD4jl9oT3XwcUH5w

Paying for Prison: How Incarceration Reinforces Poverty​
https://www.vera.org/news/paying-for-prison-how-incarceration-reinforces-poverty


Jailing for Profit: When Budgets Depend on Locking People Up
​https://www.vera.org/news/jailing-for-profit-when-budgets-depend-on-locking-people-up?shem=rimspwouoe,