PHOENIX Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman s Family Farms, which sells eggs that have ended up in the supply chains of huge companies like McDonald s, Target and Albertsons. While assigned to a machine that churns chicken droppings into compost, his right leg got pulled into a chute with a large spiraling augur.
Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are put to work every year, many in dangerous jobs like firefighting with little or no training, The Associated Press found.
PHOENIX — Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman’s Family Farms, which sells eggs
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