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In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local ...

Supporters of the bill say that forced labor meant missing out on important rehabilitation programs and educational opportunities while they were in prison.

On Wednesday, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to 215 years in prison for forced labor, human trafficking, child ...

Jeanne Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to up to 215 years. Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to up to 160 years, the Kanawha ...

Alabama’s governor and more than a dozen private businesses are free for now of allegations that they forced prisoners to participate in work programs and underpaid them, a federal judge said.