Michael Bloomberg, who is worth about $54 billion, used prisoners to make phone calls to California for his 2020 presidential campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, who is worth about $54 billion, used prisoners to make phone calls to California for his 2020 campaign, The Intercept reported on Tuesday.
People incarcerated at the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, a minimum-security facility for women, were making calls on behalf of Bloomberg's campaign, the Intercept reported based on information from a source who requested anonymity for fear of retribution. "We didn't know about this and we never would have allowed it if we had," Julie Wood, a spokesperson for Bloomberg's campaign, told The Intercept."We don't believe in this practice and we've now ended our relationship with the subcontractor in question.""Earlier today, a news outlet reported that prison workers were being used by a subcontractor to make telephone calls on behalf of my compaign. I'm not attacking the.
Civil liberties groups like the ACLU have consistently expressed concerns about prison labor and the exploitation of inmates.
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