Takeaways from The Associated Press reporting on prison labor in Alabama [Video]

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Post date December 21, 2024

Video above: Alabama corrections chief discusses prison construction, staffing numbers 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.Best Western, Bama Budweiser and Burger King are among the more than 500 businesses to lease incarcerated workers from one of the most violent, overcrowded and unruly prison systems in the U.S. in the past five years alone, The Associated Press found as part of a two-year investigation into prison labor. The cheap, reliable labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 — money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks.Here are highlights from the AP’s reporting:Where are the jobs and what do they pay?Most jobs are inside …

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Big Lots conducts going-out-of-business sales after sale of company falls through Boston 25 News [Video]

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Post date December 21, 2024

Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going-out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of the company didnt materialize

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Steve Boyack, Maple Mountain High School [Video]

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Post date December 21, 2024

Steve has touched so many lives! He is in his 45th year as a Math Teacher!!! Steve graduated from Utah State and has a Masters from UNLV. He has coached for over 35 years as a Head Basketball and Baseball Coach as well as a varsity assistant in Football, at Las Vegas and Utah. Steve is so dedicated to his students, he attends most home games as many sports and activities as he can! He is retired from coaching but works at all home football games as the head chainsman. He also works all home basketball keeping stats and the scorebook. Steve has 5 children and 13 grandchildren. He recently wrote a book about his life as a Father, teacher, and coach. his book is Coach Your Son to be a Man ( but I also have 3 daughters as well (0: (There is so much more I could say but I am biased) Steve says Every day is the best, No bad days, I love what I do!