Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable ...

But, in California, Proposition 6, which would have banned involuntary prison labor, was defeated last November. Are laws that allow private industry as well as state governments to profit from ...

In New York, chairs in classrooms, street signs and license plates have one thing in common:  They are all produced by prison labor. As of 2024, around 1.8 million people were incarcerated in both ...

Given the number of incarcerated individuals in the U.S., the private prison industry is in an opportune position to make a profit from cheap prison labor, says the Princeton Legal Journal.