Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state ...

Gov. Kay Ivey and top Alabama lawmakers from both parties announced legislation to expand the state’s skilled workforce to meet the long-term demands of employers and raise the state’s low work ...

Six people incarcerated in Alabama prisons are suing Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections commissioner for forcing them to labor against their will. Plaintiffs Trayveka Stanley, ...

To gather the fullest employment picture in Alabama – and across the nation for that matter – we must shift our focus to labor force participation. Alabama’s current unemployment rate is at an ...

Current and former prisoners are suing Alabama, fast food franchisees and other beneficiaries of the state's prison labor system they say is a “modern-day form of slavery” where incarcerated people ...

An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) A federal court heard arguments Friday on a lawsuit accusing Alabama state prisons of using slave labor. U.S.

An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) A federal court Tuesday denied a preliminary injunction against Alabama’s state prisons from plaintiffs ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A newly-filed federal lawsuit is taking aim at the State of Alabama, accusing it of denying parole to incarcerated people in order to use those inmates for free labor. The ...