Inmate Labor Tests the Limits on ‘Involuntary Servitude’
In the back of a nondescript industrial park on the outskirts of Montgomery, Alabama, past the corner of Eastern Boulevard and Plantation Way, there is a manufacturing plant run by Ju-Young, a car-part supplier for Hyundai Motors. On a Tuesday in May, about half of the workers there — roughly 20 — were prisoners.
Local Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Harboring Undocumented Workers
TINTON FALLS – A Monmouth County doctor has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for harboring two undocumented women from India as well as failing to pay taxes on their wages, officials said. Harsha Sahni, 68, of Tinton Falls, previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to...
Boston pizza chain owner sentenced to 8.5 years for forced labor, feds say
The owner of Stash’s Pizza, a Boston-area pizza chain, was sentenced Friday after he was convicted on charges he forced employees to work for him under threats of physical violence, federal prosecutors said. Stavros Papantoniadis, 49, of Westwood, was sentenced to 102 months (8½ years) in prison with one...
California and Nevada will vote on amending constitution to end forced labor for prisoners
Voters in California and Nevada will decide in November if they want to amend their respective constitutions to end forced labor for prisoners. Slavery and involuntary servitude are banned under the 13th Amendment, but there is an exception as a form of punishment for those who have been convicted and imprisoned for a crime. This […]
California, Nevada Mull Ban On Forced Labor In Prisons
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slavery. The measures aim to protect incarcerated people from being forced to work under the threat of punishment in the states, where it is not uncommon for prisoners to be paid less than $1 an hour to fight fires, clean prison cells, make license plates or do yard work at cemeteries.