Prison Labor

Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers | ACLU

Forced to work and stripped of standard workplace protections · Incarcerated workers are paid pennies as prisons and state governments reap the ...

Penal labor in the United States - Wikipedia

Inmates typically engage in tasks such as manufacturing goods, providing services, or working in maintenance roles within prisons. Prison labor is legal under ...

Hidden prison labor web linked to foods from Target, Walmart

Intricate, invisible webs, just like this one, link some of the world's largest food companies and most popular brands to jobs performed by US prisoners ...

Prison Labor in the United States: An Investor Perspective

Prison labor is pervasive in the United States penal system, but the extent to which that labor is used to supply American corporations with goods and services ...

Inmate Labor Tests the Limits on 'Involuntary Servitude'

A work-release program for Alabama prisoners provides labor for corporations and income for the state. Lawsuits are challenging its constitutionality.

U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new ...

Prison laborers are at the mercy of their employers. They have no control over their work assignments, are excluded from minimum wage and ...

Section 3 The Prison Economy - Prison labor - Prison Index

Prison labor in the federal prisons · Percent of able-bodied sentenced federal prisoners required to work in the prison509: 100% · Number of prisoner workers in ...

Colorado banned forced prison labor 5 years ago. Prisoners say it's ...

The U.S. Constitution bans slavery except as punishment for a crime. A growing number of states have tried to address this in their own ...

The Troubled History of Prison Labor | Green America

The prisoners and organizations that advocate on their behalf say they're being forced to work in intolerable conditions for virtually zero pay.

Prison Labor - RISE

It is not uncommon for prisons to have “work programs” where those incarcerated work and perform duties, like laundry or maintenance, within the institution.

The New Battle Over an Old Institution: Forced Prison Labor

The suit claims that people behind bars who refuse work assignments, or who are fired from work-release jobs, are routinely punished or ...

Forced Labor in Prisons - Freedom Network USA

Forced Labor in Prisons. Share this: The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude “except as ...

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024 - Prison Policy Initiative

The overcriminalization of drug use, the use of private prisons, and low-paid or unpaid prison labor are among the most contentious issues in ...

A Hidden Workforce: Prison Labor, Human Rights, and the Legacy ...

The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program will explore the history and conditions of work for incarcerated people and ideas for creating more humane ...

American Slavery, Reinvented - The Atlantic

Prison labor provides a way to pay society back for the costs of incarceration, as well as a pathway to correct deviant behavior and ...

The Real Price of Forced Prison Labor - Insights - Proskauer Rose LLP

These individuals produce nearly $11 billion worth of goods and services each year, but earn just 13 to 52 cents per hour on average.

Congress: End Forced Labor in Prisons

As your constituent, I urge you to support passage of the Abolition Amendment (S.J.Res.33/H.J.Res.72) – which would end slavery and involuntary servitude in all ...

California Moves to Ban Forced Prison Labor - Inequality.org

California is finally taking steps to abolish slavery from its constitution by banning it in state prisons.

Prison Labor | The Marshall Project

Incarcerated workers help produce some of America's most popular food brands, but get few of the benefits and protections afforded to others.

'Florida loves prison labor': why most incarcerated people still work ...

'Florida loves prison labor': why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state ... A $9bn food services company is using ...