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 ...

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 ...

After a few months working in his prison's hot and crowded kitchen, Richard Lilgerose noticed he was having trouble sleeping. "I was always anxious about having to go to the kitchen and work under ...

Prisoner Sylvester Hameline works at milking equipment in the dairy at the Montana State Prison Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Deer Lodge, Mont. The U.S. has a history of locking up more people than any ...