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Posts by: Human Trafficking Search
Is Prison Labor Hiding in Your Portfolio?
The descendants of slaves continue to be disproportionately imprisoned as if forever destined to be the source of cheap production …
The Protesters and Prison Labor
Human Trafficking Search stands with the protestors and their work to reform systems that entrench inequality and injustice, including mass …
Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19
In October 2019, BBC News Arabic conducted an undercover investigation in the Middle East. Two reporters, posing as a husband …
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 3: Incarcerated Workers and COVID-19
This is the final part in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue. The first two …
After Decades of Voluntary Corporate Efforts, Child Labor is Still Being Used to Make Chocolate
For two decades, child labor in cocoa growing areas in West Africa has been well known, and despite voluntary corporate …
COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has resulted in widespread stay at home orders, shuttering businesses and creating mass layoffs. …
State-level Guidance Relating to COVID-19 and Foster Care
Human Trafficking Search conducted research on the intersection of foster care and human trafficking. There are many reasons a child …
Coronavirus and Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse
The Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has swept the nation. People are being advised to stay at home and to …
Tackling Modern Slavery with Blockchain
For more than a decade, the international anti-modern slavery community has not come close to meeting its full potential. A …
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 2: Understanding the Types of Prison Labor
Most people assume that in 1865 with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment slavery in the United States was abolished. However, forced labor still exists in the United States today through the exception built into the Thirteenth Amendment for those who have been “duly convicted of a crime”. This exception made it legal and permissible to continue slavery within prisons in the United States. This is commonly known now as prison labor.