One of the critical jobs that prisoners can be required to work is fighting wildfires. While salaried firefighters in ...

A homicide investigation is underway after an inmate was found dead in his cell at Solano State Prison in Vacaville this week ...

California Proposition 6 would amend the state constitution to remove a provision allowing jails and prisons to impose ...

Voters appear to be rejecting Proposition 6 in California, a measure to end involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.

In California, voters rejected a measure that would have outlawed using involuntary servitude as a punishment against ...

California announced on Sunday the unofficial result that voters in the state rejected Proposition 6, which would have amended the Constitution of California to ban state prisons from forcing ...

Despite zero formal opposition, Californians are rejecting a proposition that would have banned prisons reducing privileges ...

Prisoners in California will still be forced to fight wildfires and make furniture for minimal pay, as voters appear to have rejected Proposition 6.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, seeking release, expand rehabilitation programs in prison, focusing on art, community, and service ...

Proposition 6 is asking California voters to pass a ban on forced prison labor, which is currently allowed under the state's ...

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan’s killer — but at what cost?