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    Rethinking prison labor under the 13th Amendment Photo of a sign reading INMATES WORKING on the side of a highway

    Rethinking prison labor under the 13th Amendment

    A UChicago legal scholar examines how forced labor persists in U.S. prisons—and what it will take to change the system

    Jun 5, 2025
    U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds Wide shot of a prison watch tower, with barbed wire in the foreground

    U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human rights, new report finds

    Jun 16, 2022
    Why You Should Hire Someone Who Went To Prison NORC at the University of Chicago finds some HR professionals believe individuals with criminal records make better hires

    Why You Should Hire Someone Who Went To Prison

    <p>NORC at the University of Chicago finds some HR professionals believe individuals with criminal records make better hires</p>

    Aug 10, 2018

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    PODCAST: How to reduce the U.S. prison population by nearly half Prison cell

    PODCAST: How to reduce the U.S. prison population by nearly half

    Mar 5, 2018
    Reducing Illinois prison population is a marathon, not a sprint

    Reducing Illinois prison population is a marathon, not a sprint

    In op-ed, Asst. Prof. Matthew Epperson argues efforts to reverse mass incarceration must consider needs of released prisoners

    Apr 10, 2015
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    Prison research to examine neural circuitry of criminal psychopaths

    Prison research to examine neural circuitry of criminal psychopaths

    Aug 2, 2011

    News Medical

    Project to use prison research in studying neural basis of psychopathy

    Project to use prison research in studying neural basis of psychopathy

    Aug 1, 2011
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