Prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work, such as sometimes picking crops in triple-digit heat for pennies an hour or nothing at all, said Sen. Cory Booker
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Prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work, such as sometimes picking crops in triple-digit heat for pennies an hour or nothing at all, said Sen. Cory Booker
