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April 21, 2014

Alabama Prisoners Stage Work Stoppage over Conditions, Free Labor 
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A group of Alabama inmates reportedly staged a work stoppage this
weekend in protest of conditions at their prison. The Free Alabama
Movement says it called the strike at the St. Clair County Correctional
Facility in Springville to call attention to overcrowding, health
violations, and a work system that forces them to conduct free labor. It
is the prisoners' second strike this year after a work stoppage in
January.

 

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