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The reopening of a minimum security prison near Los Lunas has been a literal breath of fresh air for the inmates who qualify to be housed there. Known as “The Farm,” the facility — built in 1939 and ...
In Heather Clark’s novel, “The Scrapbook,” an American girl meets a German boy and falls head over heels — and headfirst into a history of fascism.
Private prison executives are forecasting hundreds of millions of dollars in new ICE profits. Since Trump’s reelection in November, CoreCivic’s stock has risen in price by 56% and Geo’s by 73%. “It’s ...
The administration building at the Old Joliet Prison is open for hard hat tours, the Joliet Area Historical Museum announced Tuesday. The building, familiar from the outside to prison visitors because ...
New Mexico’s prison system must negotiate with the union representing prison guards before it makes any changes to their work schedule, the state’s labor board ruled last week. Under their ...
The New Mexico Public Employee Labor Relations Board issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that bars the state Corrections Department from making staffing changes without first consulting ...
Labor board: New Mexico corrections officials must negotiate safe prison staffing levels Follow Phaedra Haywood By Phaedra Haywood [email protected] Jun 12, 2025 Updated Jun 13, 2025 0 ...
There Is No Such Thing as Spontaneous Worker Organizing The 1930s saw the biggest labor upsurge in US history. Just like today, there was economic discontent and a general pro-labor atmosphere. But ...
A Brooklyn jury deliberated for less than two days before convicting Nicole Daedone, 57, and Rachel Cherwitz, 44, on federal forced labor charges, following a five-week trial.
R ecently one of our prison’s library clerks, Polo*, remarked in passing that the Georgia Department of Corrections prison system was like the picture of Dorian Gray—absorbing the state’s sins, hidden ...
A California union leader faces a federal charge following his arrest Friday during an immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles. Service Employees International Union California (SEIU ...
No other bee takes division of labor to such an extreme, with colonies comprising one queen and tens of thousands of workers thrumming along in perfect synchrony—a superorganism.