The audit from the California Office of the Inspector General warns lives could be lost if prisons don’t improve their emergency and evacuation plans.

Layoffs and funding cuts to Fema and Noaa will hamstring emergency managers, warns professor Samantha Montano

Summary: From fighting wildfires to toiling in the kitchens of some of the country’s most popular food franchises, incarcerated workers perform vital functions across the United States and produce bil...

GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.

What you should know about the vulnerability of incarcerated people, especially workers, to the Avian Influenza (H5N1). Front Line Responders When slavery was outlawed in the U.S., the 13th amendment included a loophole to allow for the enslavement and forced labor of persons convicted of a crime. Prisons assign

Prisons and jails are difficult to evacuate when wildfires or storms approach. Many of these facilities lack evacuation plans and may keep incarcerated people on-site instead of moving them to safety.

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Relying on incarcerated workers in emergencies such as the wildfires ravaging parts of the US is a cheap alternative for states. But what protections are there for prisoners?