This story is part of an occasional series on research projects currently in the works at the Law School. The Thirteenth ...

Supporters of the bill say that forced labor meant missing out on important rehabilitation programs and educational opportunities while they were in prison.

When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the past with men working in the heat on former slave plantations.

A new California bill seeks to prohibit the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from forcing inmates to work. A ...

Voters in 4 states reject slavery, involuntary servitude as punishment for crime Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery ...

Prisons across the United States run on incarcerated labor. People behind bars cook food, sew clothes, clean facilities, manufacture goods, and even work in dangerous industries like agriculture and ...

In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In November, Californians voted to keep using forced labor in the state’s prison system. This will be old news to ...

A White couple were found guilty of abusing and enslaving their five adopted Black children. Their sentence is hundreds of ...