Anti-Slavery Measure Proposition 6 Fails, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue in California Prisons
The measure would have amended the state’s constitution to repeal language that allows involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment.
California Votes to Keep Forced Prison Labor
One of the critical jobs that prisoners can be required to work is fighting wildfires. While salaried firefighters in California receive $74,000 on average plus benefits, prisoners receive $2 a day and an extra $1 an hour when fighting active fires.
California’s Prop. 6 would ban forced prison labor. Supporters say it’d prioritize rehabilitation
The California Constitution permits involuntary servitude as criminal punishment, a practice that advocates liken to slavery. Prop. 6 would repeal that language and allow incarcerated people to prioritize rehabilitation.
Anti-slavery measure Prop. 6 fails, allowing forced labor to continue in California prisons
In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have ended forced labor in prisons and jails. Proposition 6 garnered support from Democratic party
Californians Vote No to Proposition 6, Keeping Prison Slavery Legal
California voters have decided against backing Proposition 6, which would have amended the state constitution to abolish forced labor in prisons . The West Coast state has decided to keep slavery legal,
California votes 'no' on Prop 6
California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution currently bans it except as punishment for crime.
California inmate accused of killing cellmate convicted of child trafficking
An inmate at a California's Kern Valley State Prison is accused of killing his cellmate, who was serving a life sentence with possibility of parole for multiple charges, including child trafficking.
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California’s Anti-Slavery Measure Failed, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue
Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor. California voters rejected that path when they turned down Prop. 6.
Inmate from LA County suspected of killing cellmate in Kern Valley State Prison
Inmate Darius Swain, 41, was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon. The suspect is Gregory Clark, 58.
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Mental health care at the heart of successful rehabilitation, parole official tells inmates
EXECUTIVES FROM THE California Board of Parole Hearings visited San Quentin Rehabilitation Center recently to talk about the ...
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Rehabilitation at SLO's California Men's Colony can include taking creative writing classes
It employs local trained teachers to implement visual, literary, and performing arts programs for incarcerated people within ...
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(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation photo) The inmate who died has been identified as Darius J.
Police searching for inmate who walked away from Southern California jail facility
Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as local law enforcement, are searching ...
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Inmate from LA County accused of killing human trafficker in prison
Guards found Darius Swain, 41, unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon, and his roommate Gregory Clark, 58, was found ...
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True crime’s popularity brings real change for defendants and society. It’s not all good
In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own ...
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California State Prison in Vacaville Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Darian L. Hernandez, as a Homicide
California State Prison in Vacaville Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Darian L. Hernandez, as a Homicide ...