mass incarceration

California slave labor: Jailed pre-trial detainees work for private firm—for nothing

August 6, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg

They may be innocent until proven guilty, but if they were convicted, they’d actually get paid.

The deadliest jail in Texas

April 1, 2025 By Dennis James

My friend and I were lucky to have survived sheriff’s custody in Tarrant County. Many people don’t.

Capitalist judgment, racist justice: Leonard Peltier denied freedom again

July 18, 2024 By Albert Bender

U.S. Parole Commission rejects Indigenous figure’s latest bid for liberty.

Free Alabama Movement fights to abolish prison slavery

June 17, 2024 By Erica Meade

Abolition activists rally at the prison gates to end corporate profiteering from inmate labor.

Is slavery back in Alabama?

December 20, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

For private businesses, prison labor is like a pot of gold. No strikes. No union organizing. No health benefits, unemployment insurance, or workers’ compensation to pay.