Tony Alamo
FILE - In this April 1, 2020 file photo, a closed sign is displayed outside a Salvation Army store and donation center in Glenview, Ill. Across the country, drug and alcohol recovery programs claiming to help the poor and the desperate are instead conscripting them into forms of indentured servitude, requiring them to work without pay or for pennies on the dollar, in exchange for their stay. For the first time, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has determined how widespread these programs have become. In 1990, in response to a complaint from a former participant, the Labor Department launched an investigation into the nation's largest chain of work-based rehabs, The Salvation Army, which operates about 100 programs across the country. At The Salvation Army's rehabs, participants were required to work full time processing donations for the organization's thrift stores, receiving a stipend of only $5 to $20 a week. The department found The Salvation Army had violated labor laws and ordered the nonprofit to pay its participants minimum wage. The Salvation Army refused to comply. It sued, then enlisted members of Congress to defend the venerable charity. Within a month, the department backed off.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Review finds many who work during rehab aren't being paid

By Shoshana Walter Of Reveal From The Center For Investigative Reporting Jul. 07, 2020 10:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Tony Alamo listens during a hearing in Las Vegas. The physician who chairs Nevada's casino oversight commission is resigning a little more than a week ahead of time, saying he needs to focus on the coronavirus pandemic. He had said he wouldn't seek appointment to a fourth term. In a letter on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, to Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, Alamo said he will miss the commission's April 22 meeting because he needs to focus on his role as a doctor battling the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Physician chairman of Nevada Gaming Commission stepping down

Apr. 08, 2020 01:59 PM EDT