Alabama Is Generating Billions by Trapping People in Prison

The inmates were good enough to work for the companies while incarcerated but not once they were released.. Why because of money!!

The judicial, criminal system is a joke it was never meant to help one better themselves but build the county on the backs of the incarcerated and make tons of money..

Leigh Gwathney denied parole more than any other Board member, voting to deny parole in 245 out of 251 parole hearings in June and July, and in every case the Attorney General’s Office voiced opposition.

Forced prison labor is common across the country
There are more than a million people in state and federal prisons across the country. Most of them work, and three quarters say they're required to, according to the most recent numbers from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.

"The reality is that once people enter the prison gates, they lose the right to refuse to work," says Jennifer Turner, a human rights researcher at the ACLU and the lead author on a report released last year on prison labor.

Alabama has stopped nearly all paroles: Explaining the Leigh Gwathney effect

https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2024/01/alabama-has-stopped-nearly-all-paroles-explaining-the-leigh-gwathney-effect.html

New Report Exposes Parole Board Behavior and Outcomes
As Alabama’s parole grant rate has dropped to historic lows in 2023, our new report seeks to explain what is happening at parole hearings in Alabama and to capture parole data that is not publicly available or easily accessible.

https://www.aclualabama.org/en/news/new-report-exposes-parole-board-behavior-and-outcomes

The Parole Watch Report was created to provide a bird’s eye view of what is happening at parole hearings in Alabama and to capture data that is not publicly available or easily accessible through public records requests.

https://www.alabamasmartjustice.org/s/Parole-Watch-Report-2023.pdf

A majority of parole applicants assigned to work release facilities were denied parole even though they have been vetted by the Alabama Department of Corrections as people who can safely work in our communities.

https://www.alabamasmartjustice.org/reports/parole-watch-2023
Alabama has granted parole to less than 8% of eligible prisoners

https://www.al.com/news/2023/08/alabama-has-granted-parole-to-less-than-8-of-eligible-prisoners.html

Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude,
except as punishment for a crime.

The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864,
by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865,
and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865.

AR 410 Work Release Organization and Function
January 3,2023 ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION NUMBER OPR: MEN'S AI\D WOMEN'S SERVICES

https://doc.alabama.gov/docs/AdminRegs/AR410.pdf

Administrative Regulations

https://doc.alabama.gov/Regulations

Alabama Profits from 'Form of Slavery' As Prisoners Are Forced to Work at Fast Food Restaurants for Next to Nothing, Lawsuit Alleges

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/alabama-profits-from-form-of-slavery-as-prisoners-are-forced-to-work-at-fast-food-restaurants-for-next-to-nothing-lawsuit-alleges/ar-AA1mcV4o

The complaint was filed on Dec. 12, according to NPR, and includes 10 men and women as plaintiffs. The lawsuit “seeks to abolish a modern-day form of slavery” and claims the prison-forced labor scheme generates $450 million annually for the state.

https://www.scribd.com/document/692262325/Class-action-lawsuit-challenging-Alabama-prison-labor-program#fullscreen&from_embed

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Alabama for Unconstitutional Conditions in State's Prisons for Men

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-state-alabama-unconstitutional-conditions-states

Prisoners are suing Alabama over forced labor, calling it a 'form of slavery'

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219187249/prisoners-are-suing-alabama-over-forced-labor-calling-it-a-form-of-slavery

Despite Unemployment Spike, Alabama Refuses Prisoners Work-Release Paroles

Alabama is notoriously stingy with parole grants to eligible prisoners, but it also leaves many to languish in work-release centers, where the unemployment rate in January 2024 hit 26%—far above the state’s overall rate of just 2.9%

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2024/jul/1/despite-unemployment-spike-alabama-refuses-prisoners-work-release-paroles/

2023 Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs.
Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates.

https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-14/chapter-8/article-1/

Lawsuit alleges forced labor scheme at Alabama prisons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/12/12/alabama-prison-labor-lawsuit/

John Q. Hamm Monthly Statistical Report - Alabama

https://doc.alabama.gov/docs/MonthlyRpts/January%202023.pdf

Executive Order Standardizes ‘Good Time’ Rules For Strained Alabama Prison System

https://thecrimereport.org/2023/01/12/executive-order-standardizes-good-time-rules-for-strained-alabama-prison-system/

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO 725 - Office of the Governor of Alabama

https://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2023/01/EO-725-Good-Time-Reform.pdf

original link found on More Perfect Union

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDzL_2EP0mU