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 ...
With most of the country preparing to celebrate the Labor Day weekend, leaders of Connecticut’s labor movement joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal to criticize the Trump administration over a series of ...
SERVING TIME A LOT TOUGHER FOR SOME INMATES. MOST IMAGES OF HARD PRISON LABOR ARE FROM THE DISTANT PAST, BUT THIS KIND OF WORK COULD BE THE FUTURE FOR OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN VIOLENT AND ...
CONCORD, N.H. — People convicted of certain heinous offenses in New Hampshire could soon risk being sentenced to hard labor for life, if a Republican-backed proposal becomes law. The New Hampshire ...
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are asking the Labor Department for more information following reporting from Nextgov/FCW that Labor is planning to test out a more ...
THIS OLD SCHOOL PRACTICE DESERVES A COMEBACK. THE CHAIN GANG IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING ITS RETURN IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRISON SYSTEM, AS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL WEDNESDAY ...