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Shoshana Walter

Crime Health

Drug Users Got Exploited. Disabled Patients Got Hurt. One Woman Benefited From It All

Jennifer Warren promised people counseling and recovery for free. When they arrived, she put them to work 16 hours a day for no pay at adult care homes for the elderly and disabled.

Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter Reveal May 2018 20min Permalink

Crime

They Thought They Were Going to Rehab. They Ended Up in Chicken Plants.

An Oklahoma rehab center puts defendants to grueling, dangerous work in a chicken processing plant. They receive neither pay nor treatment for their addictions.

Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter Reveal Oct 2017 Permalink

Best Article Business Crime

In Secretive Marijuana Industry, Whispers of Abuse and Trafficking

For decades, “trimmigrants” have flooded California’s Emerald Triangle during harvest season in search of highly paid seasonal work. In the isolation of the dense forest, sexual assault is commonplace and rarely investigated.

Shoshana Walter Reveal Sep 2016 35min Permalink