Use of prison labor in automotive supply areas may be suppressing labor and raising worker safety issues, a study found.

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their ...

After the Civil War, the South’s economy, society, and government were in shambles. Southern state governments struggled to raise money to repair damaged infrastructure and to support new expenses ...

Current and former inmates announced a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Alabama's prison labor program as a type of "modern day slavery," saying prisoners are forced to work for little pay — and sometimes ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked ...

Willie Crayton's hat hangs on a cross bearing the Lord's Prayer and marking the location along Elder Road, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Dadeville, Ala, where the Alexander City Community Work Center ...

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MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - A Maricopa County school district is turning to prison labor to stay within budget. Inmates at Lewis Prison in Buckeye will soon be responsible for custodial and landscaping ...

University of Texas at Austin Prof. Talitha LeFlouria presented her research about “the South’s most inconspicuous workforce” — incarcerated Black women — Tuesday afternoon in Harris Hall. The event, ...

DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 ...