Nothing makes sense anymore. Mississippi’s Department of Corrections has decided that it is going to cut its prison work program, saying that it will save the agency the $3.2 million it costs to run ...

Current and former prisoners in Alabama filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday arguing that the state’s prison labor system amounts to a “modern-day form of slavery” that violates the U.S. and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Plans to change the name and make other revisions to work programs in South Dakota’s state prisons are no longer going forward, at least for now. Switching the name from ...

Worker advocates say prison labor programs exploit workers with few options as bosses refuse to raise wages to attract employees Some employers around the US are responding to perceived worker ...

On October 6, BHP Billiton and the South Australian Department for Correctional Services announced a new agreement allowing the company to employ prisoners from Port Augusta at Olympic Dam — the world ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What’s long been known as Pheasantland Industries will have a new name next month. Come November 1, the South Dakota Department of Corrections offender-work programs will be ...