WAAY 31 Special Report: Inmates accuse Alabama prison system of state-sanctioned slavery
Current and former inmates filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama's prison labor program as a type of "modern-day slavery."
Source: waaytv.com
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Lawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds
No parole if you’re still profitable.
Source: inthesetimes.com
Is slavery back in Alabama?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Is slavery back in Alabama? Adam Obernauer, organizing director for the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union—one of five organizations, including the AFL-CIO, now suing to stop it—says “yes.
Source: peoplesworld.org
Allegations of Modern-Day Slavery Emerge as Alabama Inmates Sue State Officials and Corporations
By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA (NNPA) - A group of current and former Alabama prisoners have filed a federal lawsuit, alleging that they were trapped in a
Source: sacobserver.com
The Skanner News - Allegations of Modern-Day Slavery Emerge as Alabama Inmates Sue State Officials and Corporations
The complaint notes that while 26.8% of Alabama’s population identifies as Black or African American, double that percentage constitutes the Black incarcerated population. Drawing historical parallels, the group compares the alleged labor-trafficking scheme to the enslavement of individuals in Alabama’s cotton fields and subsequent sharecropping and convict leasing practices post-Civil War.
Source: theskanner.com