Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable ...

Incarcerated firefighters play a crucial role in a state where wildfires seemingly get worse every year. But the state’s shifting politics may stymie efforts at reform.

Identity Thief Whose Deception Led to His Victim’s Incarceration Gets a 12-Year Prison ... a California judge found him not mentally competent to stand trial and sent him to a state mental ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds and lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle Wednesday emphasized Iowa's commitment to veterans, ...

Their daily food budget of ... most recent U.S. election, California voters rejected Proposition 6, a ballot measure that would have banned forced labor in state prisons. Only a handful of states ...

The state of Alabama urged a federal judge Tuesday to allow the nation's fourth execution with nitrogen gas to proceed next ...

The state pays inmates a daily ... offer additional perks like better food, he said, compared to California's notoriously dangerous and overcrowded prisons. "It's a better living situation ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

“Wildfires are a constant and formidable challenge for California ... food in the form of sandwiches and fruit. Inmate firefighters are trained at one of the state Department of Corrections ...

The chaplain of the California State Prison in Los Angeles County ... As for how he now puts food on the table, Webb works as an emotional and social educator for children at Big Dogg Gang ...

The prison in Tacoma has long been contentious. It has seen hunger strikes and protests over food and sanitation ... court decision in California that said a similar state law there violated ...