As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...

The practice of profiting from prison labor, both inside prisons and outside for private industries is complex and fraught.

Private prison company GEO Group has been accused by the National Labor Relations Board of retaliating against immigrant ...

In a moment that crystallized the complexities of America's criminal justice system, John Legend's recent visit to California ...

Despite producing billions of dollars in value for the benefit of prisons and the private sector, incarcerated workers have almost no labor rights and are paid very little—if they are paid at all—for ...

Inmates become firefighters for the chance to cut time off their sentences, to get outside the prison walls and for training ...

"Prison labor that is not properly compensated, whether that is rescuing a community from a fire or manufacturing goods in a ...

The prison population in the Northern Territory has skyrocketed to more than 2,600 this month following the imposition of the ...

California voters rejected Proposition 6, the “End Slavery in California Act,” which would have ended forced labor in state ...

GEO Group Inc. lost its federal appeals court bid to overturn a $23.2 million jury award over the private prison operator’s ...

Hyundai supplier Ju-Young ended its contract to use prison labor with the state of Alabama. The decision comes after a New York Times report revealed the controversial arrangement. Critics say ...