A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system ...

The US Supreme Court’s decision to take up a case on whether GEO Group Inc. can immediately seek appellate review of its ...

In 2016, incarcerated workers from multiple states withheld their labor to honor the 45th anniversary of the historic 1971 Attica Prison uprising—the bloody demonstration during which prisoners ...

Current and former prisoners are suing Alabama, fast food franchisees and other beneficiaries of the state's prison labor system they say is a “modern-day form of slavery” where incarcerated ...

He currently works at Progressive Finishes, one of the state’s biggest contractors of prison labor, which says on its website that it has served as a third-party supplier to automotive companies ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide if GEO Group can quickly appeal a judge's ruling denying the private prison ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees ...

Prison labor is no longer mandatory, which allows more time for educational and rehabilitative programs aimed at reducing ...

The New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that bars the state Corrections Department from making staffing changes without first consulting ...