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Policy Blueprint for Ending Carceral Profiteering
February 7, 2023

Policy Blueprint for Ending Carceral Profiteering

Forward Each year, a matrix of private corporations generate $80 billion in revenue by exploiting incarcerated people and their support …

Louisiana’s over-incarceration is part of a deeply rooted pattern
February 3, 2023

Louisiana’s over-incarceration is part of a deeply rooted pattern

An inmate serving a jail sentence rests his hand on a fence. REUTERS/Joshua Lott A recent U.S. Justice Department report …

Did the 13th Amendment really abolish #slavery?
February 3, 2023

Did the 13th Amendment really abolish #slavery?

On February 1, 1865 Abraham Lincoln signed a joint House and Senate resolution that would later be ratified as the …

Child Labor in the Coffee Sector in Eastern Uganda
February 3, 2023

Child Labor in the Coffee Sector in Eastern Uganda

Child labor in coffee production in Eastern Uganda is widespread. Engaged in such activities as picking and sorting berries or …

Collaboration Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) in the Philippines
February 3, 2023

Collaboration Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) in the Philippines

IJM Philippines and Freedom Collaborative are pleased to partner on a two-part webinar series, which will provide a platform for …

Models of collaboration in the work against human trafficking
February 3, 2023

Models of collaboration in the work against human trafficking

IIJM Philippines and Freedom Collaborative are pleased to present the second part of this webinar series, in which we discuss …

The Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support Report
February 3, 2023

The Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support Report

On January 15, 2022, Governor Youngkin signed Executive Order Seven, “Establishing the Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support,” …

February 2, 2023

Countering Human Trafficking: Year In Review October 2021 to September 2022

Human trafficking is a crime of exploiting another person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts, typically through force, fraud, …

The fight against modern-day slavery
February 2, 2023

The fight against modern-day slavery

Approximately 1 out of every 150 people is a victim of human trafficking, an innocent child, a young girl, or a …

February 2, 2023

Foreign diplomats trap and abuse domestic workers in private households across London

Diwa, who was brought into Britain in 2018 by a Saudi Arabian diplomat, said she lived as a prisoner in …