A 126-page lawsuit filed by former and at present incarcerated Alabamians, unions and civil rights organizations accuses the Alabama jail labor program system of being a type of modern-day slavery, Alander Rocha reports for the Alabama Reflector. The lawsuit alleges that Alabama jail labor is sustained by punishing those that refuse to work or those that encourage different prisoners to refuse to work. It additionally accuses private and non-private entities, starting from native governments to quick meals eating places and grocery shops, of benefitting from the labor. The plaintiffs within the lawsuit are asking the courtroom to challenge an injunction, ending Alabama’s present follow of “compelled [prison] labor;” to launch people certified for parole; require the state to pay the plaintiffs what they earn by means of working within the jail system, in addition to financial damages to be decided at trial. The lawsuit claims Alabama made virtually half a billion {dollars} from jail labor in 2023.
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