Penal labor in the United States is the practice of using incarcerated individuals to perform various types of work, either for government-run or private industries. Inmates typically engage in tasks such as manufacturing goods, providing services, or working in maintenance roles within prisons.

Jun 16, 2022 · Incarcerated workers in the U.S. generate billions of dollars worth of goods and services while toiling under unjust conditions, according to a new report from the University of Chicago Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Jan 29, 2024 · Intricate, invisible webs, just like this one, link some of the world’s largest food companies and most popular brands to jobs performed by U.S. prisoners nationwide, according to a sweeping two-year AP investigation into prison labor that tied hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of agricultural products to goods sold on the open market.

6 days ago · In a two-year study of prison labor and the supply chain of major food producers, the Associated Press reported that agricultural goods made by prison labor are in the supply chains of a number of household foods and on the shelves of supermarkets, including Frosted Flakes cereal, Gold Medal Flour and Coca-Cola. Indeed, the soy, corn, and wheat ...

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers.

Given the disproportionate number of incarcerated individuals in the United States of America, the private prison industry is opportunely positioned to make a profit from cheap prison labor. The labor, however, is exploitative not only to incarcerated individuals but also to taxpayers.

Jun 29, 2020 · Prison labor has been a part of the U.S. economy since at least the late 19th century. Today it's a multi-billion dollar industry. Incarcerated people do everything from building office...

Punitive labour, also known as convict labour, prison labour, or hard labour, is a form of forced labour used in both the past and the present as an additional form of punishment beyond imprisonment alone.

Jun 15, 2022 · 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 two out of three of these incarcerated people are also workers.

Nov 13, 2023 · The U.S. Constitution and 16 state constitutions ban slavery except as punishment for a crime. Prisoner advocates say this allows forced prison labor, but systemic change has been met with...