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U.S. prisoners assigned dangerous jobs; But what happens if they are hurt or killed?

AP: Investigation finds prisoners denied basic rights of other workers

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

U.S. prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?

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.

People from prisons often have little training, protections for doing dangerous work

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.

Prisoners assigned dangerous jobs often lack protections other workers get

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