Five incarcerated people in Alabama are fighting to push forward a lawsuit, Stanley v. Ivey, challenging the state’s power to punish prisoners who resist forced labor. Despite a state constitutional ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Nearly 80,000 job ads were posted in Alabama in November, the Alabama Department of Labor said Monday. Of those job ads, over 17,000 of them offered salaries below $50,000 per ...
The supplier fired dozens of prisoners after some of them said they felt they had no choice but to take those jobs. By Talmon Joseph Smith After facing public scrutiny for the use of prison labor, a ...
MONTGOMERY — What was previously known as the Alabama Department of Labor has been officially rebranded as the Department of Workforce, with former State Sen. Greg Reed taking the helm as the state’s ...