From The Appeal:
While serving time in prison in Central Florida, Mark (not his real name) worked as a recreation orderly, checking out sports and music equipment to other prisoners. He used his connections on the outside to bring in instruments for them.
“I’m a musician. That was part of my livelihood before I went in,” Mark told The Appeal. “I had a bunch of stuff donated from bands I know on the street.”
But, like all state prisoners in Florida, he was never paid for his work in prison.
“Everyone has a job and you get zero cents per hour,” said Mark, who was released in 2016 after serving roughly three years for a sexual battery charge he denies. “You get nothing. And when you get out, you have all these bills.” Continue Reading >>>
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