How the state uses prison labor in Juneau to subsidize its ferry system

The State of Alaska is constantly looking for budget savings. One of its lesser-known ways? Relying on the prison population to do state work on the cheap. Some advocates argue the pay is too low. 

In Juneau, a hidden workforce inside Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center helps to keep the state’s ferry system afloat…(Read full story)