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Servitude and Salvation for Intellectually-Challenged Men (2016)

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Published: August 14, 2016 by VPR Producer

If you came upon a rundown, roach-infested bunkhouse in the heartland of America, full of middle-aged and elderly men in poor health who worked all day at a job for little pay and had been for decades, you might think you had time traveled back to the 19th century. We talk to an author who writes about this very situation where mentally challenged men had been pressed into servitude in 1974 and remained there until 2009 when some determined and caring social workers stepped in to help them.


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  • Dan Barry, New York Times reporter and columnist, author of The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and salvation in the heartland.

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  • www.danbarryonline.com
  • www.nytimes.com
Program #: 16-33segment type: Feature StoriesTopics - Criminal Justice and Courts| Disabilities| Equal Employment| Health and Medicine| History| Law/Policy and Enforcement| Mental Health| Poverty and Wealth Inequality| Racism and Discrimination| Social WorkGuests - Dan BarryBooks & Publications - Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and salvation in the heartland| New York Times
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