Margie Mason

Dec 20, 2024 | djournal.com | Robin McDowell |Margie Mason

DADEVILLE, Ala. — No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced slavery — it has constructed a template for the commercialization of mass incarceration. Here are highlights from the AP's reporting:Where are the jobs and what do they pay?