State corrections officials said a proposal to require inmates convicted of serious crimes to do hard labor or have 50% more time added to their sentences would require “significant” additional ...

A Denver judge ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating an amendment to the state constitution by ...

We examined the injustices of prison labor nationwide — and lay the foundation for a more equitable path forward. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and ...

In Maine, prisoners are increasingly taking on remote jobs, a trend driven by the substantial pay these opportunities offer. This initiative highlights a unique approach to rehabilitation and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wynn Howell, Colorado state director for the Working Families Party, speaks at a rally in support of a lawsuit over coerced prison ...

Mark Miller worked a dangerous job for more than four decades, but he said he’d never gotten hurt at work until his employment with an automotive supplier in Montgomery. In two years with the company, ...