“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave ...

California and Nevada voters face landmark decisions on constitutional amendments that would eliminate exceptions allowing slavery and involuntary servitude in prisons, joining a growing movement to ...

Despite voters’ rejection of a ballot measure last fall to amend the state constitution to abolish involuntary prison labor, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan of Los Angeles believes he can get two bills ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small glimpse into Sean "Diddy" Combs' life behind bars has been revealed, as he was seen attending to prison labor in new ...

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. - A Maricopa County school district is turning to prison labor to stay within budget. Inmates at Lewis Prison in Buckeye will soon be responsible for custodial and landscaping ...

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865 at the conclusion of the Civil War, abolished slavery across the United States with one notable exception. According to the ...

In the nightmare, Chadarius Morehead is in the field at Louisiana State Penitentiary, the prison better known as Angola. It is dark. He sees an armed prison guard, who orders him to bend down and pick ...

Across the country, prisoners are farming the land as a means of supplying crops and products to grocery stores and restaurants. Many of these workers do not receive any kind of pay or benefits, and ...

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, ...