“Each inmate’s situation is unique, and each inmate is evaluated on his or her own record,” Betts said. Most companies did not respond to requests for comment, Those that did said they had policies ...

By Talmon Joseph Smith After facing public scrutiny for the use of prison labor ... Alabama Department of Corrections and ended its inmate labor contract with the state. The supplier, Ju-Young ...

Throughout the state’s history of prison labor, money has been a key driver. Soon after the Civil War, when the South’s once-booming economy was in tatters, Alabama turned to convict leasing.

With a sprawling labor ... leave prison. But she acknowledged that even those sentenced to life without the possibility of parole are eligible for so-called work release jobs. “Each inmate ...

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] After spending decades as a Texas prison inmate, Arnulfo Ayala flinched last month when a captain ... Levin said that in recent ...

Takeaways From the Associated Press’ Reporting on Prison Labor ... With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced ...

Throughout the state’s history of prison labor, money has been a key driver. This July 1907 photo shows city convicts in their sleeping quarters in Birmingham, Ala. (Birmingham, Ala., ...

After spending decades as a Texas prison inmate, Arnulfo Ayala flinched last ... And the nationwide labor shortage following the COVID-19 pandemic makes former inmates an attractive talent pool ...

It arrives in seconds After spending decades as a Texas prison inmate, Arnulfo Ayala flinched ... And the nationwide labor shortage following the COVID-19 pandemic makes former inmates an ...