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Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« on: December 24, 2019, 08:21:33 pm »
Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
By Rebecca Klar - 12/24/19 12:46 PM EST

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Democratic presidential campaign said it was unaware that prison labor was used to make campaign calls through a third-party vendor and has canceled the use of the subcontractor.

The campaign said it became aware of the use of incarcerated people to make calls after an inquiry from The Intercept.

"We didn't know about this and we never would have allowed it if we had. We don't believe in this practice and we've now ended our relationship with the subcontractor in question," campaign spokesperson Julie Wood told The Hill in a statement.

The Bloomberg campaign contracted New Jersey–based call center ProCom through a third party vendor, The Intercept reported. 

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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2019, 09:00:30 pm »
I think it's possible he didn't know. If one is hiring this stuff out, how would you? I don't think even  Bloomberg is that big of a goofball.
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2019, 11:13:14 am »
The New York Times and other companies use prisoners as "customer service" reps all the time.  Perhaps Bloomberg did not know that the company he used did that.  He should be more aware.
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2019, 11:21:34 am »
Get real, people!

 Would you buy a used politician from this crew?



Yeah, i know, those are just fictional convicts....(Shawshank Redemption), just provided to make a point.
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2019, 01:50:36 pm »
 Michael Bloomberg roasted for using prison labor to make campaign calls

By Carl Campanile

December 24, 2019 | 4:18pm | Updated
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Michael Bloomberg is getting roasted on social media after his presidential campaign got caught using female inmates in an Oklahoma prison to make calls to promote his campaign.
 

Michael Bloomberg is getting roasted on social media after his presidential campaign got caught using female inmates in an Oklahoma prison to make calls to promote his campaign.

Rival Democratic candidate Julian Castro and backers of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders were quick to mock Bloomberg after the theintercept.com exposed the prison phone banking arranged by a Bloomberg campaign third-party contractor.

“My criminal justice plan calls for closing private prisons and paying fair wages to incarcerated individuals. A concern for people, not profits, should govern our criminal justice policy,” Castro tweeted.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/24/michael-bloomberg-roasted-for-using-prison-labor-to-make-campaign-calls/
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2019, 02:36:43 pm »
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Bloomberg’s Dangerous Use of Prison Labor Another Example of ‘Grassroots’ Lie
Ammoland Inc. Posted on December 26, 2019 by David Codrea   
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U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)-“Mike Bloomberg exploited prison labor to make 2020 presidential campaign phone calls,” The Intercept reported Tuesday. “Through a third-party vendor, the Mike Bloomberg 2020 campaign contracted New Jersey-based call center company ProCom, which runs calls centers in New Jersey and Oklahoma. Two of the call centers in Oklahoma are operated out of state prisons. In at least one of the two prisons, incarcerated people were contracted to make calls on behalf of the Bloomberg campaign.”

An embarrassed Bloomberg campaign, through a paid spokesflack, made hollow excuses, saying it had severed its arrangement with the contractor and denied knowingly employing convicted criminals. Alex Friedman, managing editor of Prison Legal News dismissed that attempt by the campaign to distance itself from responsibility, likening it to retailers denying knowledge of child labor being used to produce products in Third World nations.  ...

It’s ironic that a pool of voters presumed sympathetic to the government disarming them had personal information shared with convicted criminals who were given the tools to reach out and find out more about them. It’s fair to assume that could include soliciting financial support and all that implies in terms of donations. It’s also fair to wonder what protections were in place to assure such information was not shared with accomplices on the outside, including where promising prospects might live, and if sound like they practice what they preach in terms of walking the “No Guns” walk.
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2019, 08:14:48 pm »
Does it bug anybody else that convicted prisoners are being used as telemarketers?  There is an assumption that, at some point, information like credit card numbers gets exchanged in these calls, and I'd be pretty upset if Aunt Matilda got ripped off by an inmate while buying an automobile warranty.

This is a bigger deal than Bloomy exploiting felons.
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2019, 01:31:42 am »
Agree with Cyber.

Bloomberg aside, I'd never heard of "call centers" being operated out of prisons before.

I wonder if this is the source of a lot of robocalls?
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2019, 01:36:22 am »
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2019, 01:40:26 am »
Law and Order did a show with a subplot about call centers in prisons. Apparently, It’s more common than people realize.
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Re: Bloomberg campaign says it was unaware prison labor was used to make calls
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2019, 01:42:29 am »
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