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 ...

After the Civil War, the South’s economy, society, and government were in shambles. Southern state governments struggled to raise money to repair damaged infrastructure and to support new expenses ...

If you've shopped at Walmart, Target, Costco, Whole Foods or many other large grocery chains recently, there's a chance you purchased food produced by prison labor, according to a years-long ...

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 ...

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - A Maricopa County school district is turning to prison labor to stay within budget. Inmates at Lewis Prison in Buckeye will soon be responsible for custodial and landscaping ...