Prisoners Claim Alabama Profits from ‘Form of Slavery’ As They Are Forced to Work at Fast Food Restaurant for Next to Nothing, File Lawsuit
A new federal lawsuit claims inmates inside Alabama prisons are the victims of a “labor-trafficking scheme” that denies them parole and forces them to work in fast food establishments. The complaint was filed on Dec. 12, according to NPR, and includes 10 men and women as plaintiffs. The lawsuit “seeks to abolish a modern-day form of…