“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865 at the conclusion of the Civil War, abolished slavery across the United States with one notable exception. According to the ...

A small glimpse into Sean "Diddy" Combs' life behind bars has been revealed, as he was seen attending to prison labor in new footage.

Historically, temp workers and prison labor… [have] been used to bust union strikes,” Katherine Passley of Beyond the Bars ...

We examined the injustices of prison labor nationwide — and lay the foundation for a more equitable path forward. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and ...

The U.S. has a history of locking up more people than any other country – currently around 2 million – and goods tied to prison labor have morphed into a massive multibillion-dollar empire, extending ...

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 ...

Advocates with Central Florida Jobs with Justice and the Minnesota Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee urge Disney to hold balloon manufacturer ...