Prison Labor
A multinational conglomerate that supplies raw materials to prison labor programs and operates in the prison healthcare industry. 3M used to operate electronic monitoring systems and make components for weapon systems.
A US-based provider of food service, facility management services, and uniforms globally. Provides food and other logistical services to prisons and immigration detention facilities and uses forced prison labor.
A US multinational company that manufactures food for humans, pets, and livestock. It purchases raw goods from prison farms.
A US-based conglomerate holding company and investment firm. Its subsidiary Shaw Industries uses prison labor. Other subsidiaries provide equipment, utilities, and uniforms to prisons and jails.
A medical supply company that provides pharmaceuticals to prisons, including for executions. Its subsidiary Tradex provides materials for use in prison labor programs.
A Swiss chocolate and confectionery company. Its American subsidiary Russell Stover uses prison labor.
The world’s largest private prison company. It owns and operates prisons and jails, including immigration jails and “community corrections” centers, and uses forced prison labor. It also provides e-carceration technologies, transportation, and other services as part of the criminal punishment system.
One of the largest retailers in the US. It banned the use of all forms of prison labor in its supply chain in 2018 but continues to sell products made using such labor.
A US-based vehicle manufacturer that provides commercial and specialized vehicles to US law enforcement and immigration authorities and to Israeli occupation authorities
The world's largest fast-food chain. It uses incarcerated labor at its restaurants and has prison labor in its supply chain.
One of the world's largest fast-food restaurant companies. It uses prison labor at its restaurants and has prison labor in its supply chain.
A US retail company that sells household items, apparel, home furnishings, food, and other merchandise. It sells products that are produced using prison labor.
The world’s second-largest private prison company. It owns and operates prisons and jails, including immigration jails and “community corrections” centers, and uses forced prison labor. It also provides e-carceration technologies, transportation, and other services as part of the criminal punishment system.
A US retail company that operates supermarkets across the country. It sells products that are produced using prison labor.
A US holding company that owns Wendy's, one of the world's largest fast-food chains. It uses incarcerated labor.
One of the largest food manufacturing companies in the world. It uses incarcerated labor at its factories and has prison labor in its supply chain.
A US-based manufacturer and supplier of educational furniture and equipment that uses prison labor
The largest retailer in the world. It sells products that are made using prison labor.
One of the world's largest fast-food restaurant companies. It's subsidiary KFC uses prison labor.
A Liechtenstein-based holding company that owns agricultural businesses. Its subsidiary Louis Dreyfus Company—a producer of food and beverages, pet food, pharmaceuticals, and other products—purchases raw goods from prison farms.
A Wisconsin-based cheese manufacturer. It purchases surplus raw milk from a Wisconsin prison farm.
A global agribusiness and food company. Its North American subsidiary purchases raw goods from prison farms.
A Louisiana-based agricultural company that primarily operates grain and soybean processing facilities. The company's subsidiary Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. has purchased millions of dollars' worth of raw goods from prison labor programs.
An Illinois-based poultry processor that sells products under the Koch Foods and Oven Cravers brands. It uses prison labor at its plants, where at least one incarcerated worker has been killed by machinery. In 2023, incarcerated individuals in Alabama sued Koch Foods and other companies for participating in an alleged forced prison labor scheme.