Inside Story explores how prison labor, which some call “modern-day slavery” because of its low wages, gives rise to an underground economy of barter and side hustles.
Comedian Luenell sits down with host Lawrence Bartley to talk about her own incarceration and how she built a life after prison in comedy clubs and on the screen, sometimes drawing from her time behind bars.
Fernando Ruiz beat Bobby Flay on the celebrity chef’s TV show, but that was just one highlight in Ruiz’s burgeoning culinary career. Ruiz tells us about his journey from discovering his love for cooking while in prison to becoming an executive chef.
Cheesecake in prison? Kenyatta Emmanuel Hughes shares the recipe he learned using ingredients available in lockups.
Bartley also recounts his experience working prison jobs, the low wages and potential benefit of “the side hustle economy” for life after prison.
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CONTRIBUTORS FROM THE MARSHALL PROJECT
Beth Schwartzapfel, Geraldine Sealey, Donald Washington, Jr., Martin Garcia, Savannah Hugueley
