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 ...

Correction officers escort an inmate to his at California State Prison, Sacramento in March. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./[email protected]) As Sacramento County’s district attorney, I’ve dedicated my career ...

But the movement was handed an unexpected defeat this year in progressive California, where the failure of a ballot measure explicitly packaged as a ban on forced prison labor has left activists ...

I’ve spent nearly four decades behind bars, witnessing the harsh realities of forced prison labor. This system of modern-day slavery strips inmates of their dignity and humanity. Proposition 6, which ...

WASHINGTON - A Shreveport man spoke to a U.S. Senate panel about prison labor conditions. Terrance Winn gave a personal account of his almost thirty years spent in Angola, otherwise known as the ...

California and Nevada voters face landmark decisions on constitutional amendments that would eliminate exceptions allowing slavery and involuntary servitude in prisons, joining a growing movement to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and ...

Incarcerated individuals in Alabama have filed a 214-page response opposing a motion to dismiss their lawsuit accusing state prisons of using slave labor. The case involves multiple claims against ...

A fever keeps me up all night. My head spins and I’ve never been this exhausted, yet I must go to my shift in the kitchen at 4:30 a.m. If I miss work, I risk punishment or jeopardize my chance at ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorneys representing Angola inmates assigned to prison farm work are once again asking a federal judge to order heat protections before the upcoming summer. The ...