A Denver judge ruled that the Colorado Department of Corrections has been violating an amendment to the state constitution by requiring people in state prisons to work under threat of solitary ...

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 ...

A Denver judge last week ruled the Colorado Department of Corrections violated the state’s ban on involuntary servitude ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...