Youth Oppose Prison Labor - demonstration at a Victoria's Secret store charges that prison labor is used in products manufacture, a charge denied by the company - Brief Article

Progressive, The, August, 2000

New York City

On June 3, members of Youth Cru, a coalition of student activist groups, held a protest outside a Victoria's Secret store. The group alleges that subcontractors use prison labor to make some lingerie for the company.

Wesley Mallette, senior manager of media relations for Intimate Brands, Inc., Victoria's Secret parent company, says, "There's no prison or forced labor used by Intimate Brands."

For more information, contact Veronica Rivera at Global Kids, Inc., at (212)226-0130, or go to its web site at: www.globalkidsinc.org.