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Lawsuit: Inmates describe horror inside Limestone Correctional

As an activist inmate who says he s in fear for his life at Limestone Correctional Facility lobbies a federal court to intervene and transfer him away from the prison, signed

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

Alabama inmates had to work at fast food joints 'for next to nothing': suit

A group of inmates are suing Alabama, claiming they were forced to work at jobs for “next to nothing” while state officials took in $450 million.

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

Alabama is sued by inmates who claim state made a staggering $450 MILLION by 'convict leasing' - and forcing them to work in fast food joints like McDonald's and Burger King 'for next to nothing' in move 'similar to cotton-picking'

The suit claims they were entrapped in a system of convict leasing in which incarcerated people are forced to work, often for little or no money while the state kept the profits of their labor.