Daily: The hidden dirty work that props up our economy

The Bunker

From drone pilots and prison guards, to the undocumented migrants who man industrial slaughterhouses, it takes an army of workers to carry out modern society’s most morally problematic jobs. But where are these hard-to-access workplaces, and who are the people toiling within it? Eyal Press, author of Dirty Work, joins Justin Quirk to discuss his meetings with prison guards from America and Abu Ghraib, why big tech won’t necessarily make the world a more equal place…and the awful conditions facing animals and workers in the food industry today.

• “The United States has the largest prison system in the world, but it's pretty much entirely hidden from view.”
• “The largest mental health services in the United States aren't hospitals, but prisons.”
• “We effectively still have a system where wealthy people can pay poorer people to fight their wars for them.”
• “It was easier for me to access prisons than industrial slaughterhouses.”
• “Technology alone doesn't clean this work or sort out social inequalities.”

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Written and presented by Justin Quirk. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Eyal-Press/Dirty-Work--Essential-Jobs-and-the-Hidden-Toll-of-Inequality/26073447

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