Aramark
ARMK
Consumer Discretionary
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Provides food services to approximately 450 U.S. prisons and jails across 35+ states. Subsidiary IN2WORK placed over 6,000 incarcerated people in Aramark kitchens classified as "students" to avoid wage requirements. A 2019 federal lawsuit at Santa Rita Jail documented workers preparing 16,000+ meals daily without compensation under threat of solitary confinement, with claims proceeding under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Aramark is a major provider of food services to US prisons and jails, profiting directly from mass incarceration. The company has faced lawsuits and investigations over substandard food quality and abuse in its correctional food service contracts.
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