A project by photographer Daniella Zalcman shows the casual prevalence of goods made by prison labor in public and private ...

Incarcerated people in the US are routinely forced to work for low pay or no pay, while state governments are saving billions of dollars—and private corporations are making billions of ...

The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude—except as punishment for a crime. This so-called "Except Clause" has long been used to justify forced ...

Across Maryland’s prison system, incarcerated workers assemble furniture, sew clothing, and even manufacture cleaning chemicals. In spite of making the state more than $50 million annually in revenue, ...

Prison yard, surveillance camera, screen print by Jos Sances, 1992. Artwork based on the Newgate Prison Exercise Yard by Gustave Doré, updated by the artist to reflect current issues. Sances has ...

Mark Miller worked a dangerous job for more than four decades, but he said he’d never gotten hurt at work until his employment with an automotive supplier in Montgomery. In two years with the company, ...