In Alabama, accusations of Black enslavement for profit
Unions in Alabama say a statewide prison-work release program is basically enslavement of incarcerated workers.
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Unions in Alabama say a statewide prison-work release program is basically enslavement of incarcerated workers.
The suit claims they were 'entrapped in a system of 'convict leasing' in which incarcerated people are forced to work, often for little or no money' while the state kept the profits of their labor.