Californians voted down Proposition 6, a ballot measure that eliminates the state’s constitutional provision that allows ...

Two California residents are accused of stealing $2.1 million in COVID-19 jobless benefits using stolen identities of prison ...

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

Proposition 6 would have banned the use of involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes. It was rejected by California ...

California has rejected a ballot measure that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor ...

People who are incarcerated are often paid less than $1 an hour to fight fires, clean cells and do landscaping work at ...

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

California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...

California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution ...

California voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at banning state prisons from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes ...

A California ballot proposition that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor has failed.

However, previous attempts to reform prison labor laws have faced significant financial hurdles, such as the California ...