Vidal Guzman Writes Piece for New York Daily News on the #FixThe13thNY Campaign – Next100

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Vidal Guzman Writes Piece for New York Daily News on the #FixThe13thNY Campaign

The piece is tied to the launch of the #Fixthe13thNY campaign, which is working to abolish forced labor and improve wages and working conditions for the incarcerated.

Next100 policy entrepreneur Vidal Guzman penned a piece for the New York Daily News, connected to the launch of the #FixThe13thNY campaign to end forced labor in New York State’s prisons. Vidal writes:

“In New York State, many of the 30,000-plus people incarcerated — a population that is 50% Black and 22% Hispanic — are forced to work, producing upwards of $53 million in annual revenue for the state through Corcraft, a division of the Department of Corrections. Yet the average detainee in New York State prisons earns just $0.65 an hour, without access to any federal or state worker protections.”

 

Read “Being imprisoned shouldn’t mean being enslaved” here. The #FixThe13thNY campaign page is here.

About the Author

Vidal Guzman Criminal Justice

Vidal Guzman is a New York City-based community organizer who has worked with the End Qualified Immunity Campaign, Black Lives Matter, and Just Leadership USA. At Next100, Vidal works to end the forced labor of incarcerated people currently allowed under the U.S. Constitution and New York State law, and to improve wages and training opportunities for the incarcerated. Vidal draws on his experience as a formerly incarcerated young person, initially incarcerated at 16, after being tried as an adult.

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