‘I Ain’t Come In Here to be a Slave’: Alabama Delays Black Prisoners’ Release and Entraps Them In Low-Wage Jobs at McDonald’s, KFC and Auto Suppliers, Lawsuits Argue
A year after they filed a federal lawsuit to end “a modern-day form of slavery,” the plaintiffs representing prisoners in Alabama and their advocates are pushing for reforms in how the state governs the work that incarcerated people do for extremely low pay inside and outside of prison walls, which they call illegally “forced labor.”…
