The Politics of Fashion

The term for production-by-prisoner is called “prison in-sourcing,” and it essentially refers to the use of prisoners to supply goods, as opposed to outsourcing from other countries. The 2018 U.S Prison Strikes had a plethora of demands, one of which said “All persons imprisoned in any place of detention under United States jurisdiction must be paid the prevailing wage in their state or territory for their labor.” Unfortunately, none of the demands from the 2018 strikes were met.