Inmates line up for work early in the morning at Estrella jailPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAAlma Madrigal, left, and Jennifer Thomas, right, help Lisa McCorvey roll up her sleeves before a day's workPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAThe workers prepare for several hours of labour cleaning up at Bartlett LakePhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Prisoners board a bus to be transported to workPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAWomen are seen in a bus driver's mirror en route to White Tanks cemetery Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAThe chain gang work in 40C heat, hacking at weeds at Bartlett LakePhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAWorkers pull weeds on a highwayPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAInmates help bury an unclaimed bodyPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAThe inmates stand beside the coffin before it is lowered into the groundPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAKelly DeGrose, along with other inmates, listens to a detention officer lecturePhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAInmates clean the dust off their boots after a day of working in the desertPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAInmates Kelly DeGrose, Mickey Haas and Leann Cracke climb back into their bedsPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAThe chain gang walk past inmates in a holding penPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAErica Martinez and Jennifer Thomas climb back into their lockdown cellsPhotograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.