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Human Rights

Human Rights and thePrison Labor System

In my opinion, the tremendous harm done by the Prison Labor System approaches genocide. Though it is possible to consider economics and human rights separately, to me the two are inseparable, and together only strengthens the case for reform.


United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

The Preamble and Article 23 (PDF doc)

Catholic Teaching on Human Rights of Access to the Means of Survival

The Catholic Church’s view of banning incarcerated people from the civilian labor force (PDF doc)