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 ...

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 ...

State corrections officials said a proposal to require inmates convicted of serious crimes to do hard labor or have 50% more time added to their sentences would require “significant” additional ...

Capital murderers and those convicted of raping minors under the age of 13 would face sentences of hard labor under a reworked bill that cleared a House committee along partisan lines Thursday. House ...

Austin Animal Services is considering using state jail inmates to clean kennels, a proposal that has raised safety and ethical concerns among staff and the ACLU.

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 ...

DADEVILLE, Ala. — 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 years — ...

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 ...

Most images of hard prison labor are from the distant past, but that kind of work could be the future for offenders convicted of certain violent and dangerous crimes in New Hampshire.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — 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 ...