NJ prisoners get only twenty 1.44MB floppy disks, barely enough for appeals Lawyers must transfer files from flash drives back to floppy disks, complicating the process Authorities say the ban on ...

Incarcerated people in the US are routinely forced to work for low pay or no pay, while state governments are saving billions of dollars—and private corporations are making billions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State corrections officials said a proposal to require inmates convicted of serious crimes to do hard labor or have 50% more time ...

SERVING TIME A LOT TOUGHER FOR SOME INMATES. MOST IMAGES OF HARD PRISON LABOR ARE FROM THE DISTANT PAST, BUT THIS KIND OF WORK COULD BE THE FUTURE FOR OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN VIOLENT AND ...

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 ...

MANPOWER AND MONEY TO IMPLEMENT HARD LABOR SENTENCES. HOUSE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS PUSHING TO BRING BACK HARD PRISON LABOR AS AN OPT IN FOR CONVICTED OFFENDERS SAY THE KIND OF WORK THEY WANT INMATES TO ...

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude—except as punishment for a crime. This so-called "Except Clause" has long been used to justify forced ...

On January 20, President Trump signed the executive order “Protecting the American People Against Invasion”—ostensibly the first step in what he promised would be the largest mass deportation ...

On a special episode (first released on January 9, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The practice of profiting from prison labor, both inside prisons and outside for private industries is complex and ...

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 ...