Work release programs depress wages at Hyundai suppliers, study suggests
The Columbia Labor Lab study appears to show increasing plants’ share of incarcerated workers reduces the wages of free workers.
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Alabama Supreme Court sends inmate work release case back to appeals court
In an odd move, the state's highest court declined a case transferred by the Court of Civil Appeals, sending it back instead.
Judge hears suit alleging involuntary servitude in Alabama prisons
The state argues that prison discipline for failing to work does not constitute involuntary servitude.
Lawsuit alleges prison system and private companies involved in “modern-day slavery”
The suit seeks to eliminate the alleged labor scheme and have current and former incarcerated workers compensated properly.
Another incarcerated person escapes work release as prison deaths rise
At least 170 incarcerated people have died this year in Alabama prison facilities.