State corrections officials said a proposal to require inmates convicted of serious crimes to do hard labor or have 50% more time added to their sentences would require “significant” additional ...

MANPOWER AND MONEY TO IMPLEMENT HARD LABOR SENTENCES. HOUSE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS PUSHING TO BRING BACK HARD PRISON LABOR AS AN OPT IN FOR CONVICTED OFFENDERS SAY THE KIND OF WORK THEY WANT INMATES TO ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Hampshire’s House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would make "hard labor” a sentencing option for certain ...

Capital murderers and those convicted of raping minors under the age of 13 would face sentences of hard labor under a reworked bill that cleared a House committee along partisan lines Thursday. House ...

THIS OLD SCHOOL PRACTICE DESERVES A COMEBACK. THE CHAIN GANG IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO MAKING ITS RETURN IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRISON SYSTEM, AS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL WEDNESDAY ...

"Especially heinous" convicted criminals could be sentenced to hard labor in New Hampshire if a bill that's making its way through the state Legislature becomes law. The House of Representatives on ...