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The AP tied prison labor to the supply chains of some of the world’s biggest companies...
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Yet the US bans products from countries using the same systems.
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Whole Foods responded flatly: “Whole Foods Market does not allow the use of prison labor in products sold at our stores.”
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During the six-year period the AP examined, surplus raw milk from a Wisconsin prison dairy went to BelGioioso Cheese, which makes Polly-O string cheese and other products that land in grocery stores nationwide like Whole Foods.
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Hickman’s Family Farms, which pitches itself as the Southwest’s largest egg producer....

Hickman’s has employed prisoners for nearly 30 years + supplies many grocery stores, including Costco + Kroger, marketing brands such as Eggland’s Best + Land O’ Lakes.
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Hickman's is the state corrections department’s largest labor contractor, bringing in nearly $35 million in revenue over the past six fiscal years.
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