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Slavery in America: California Votes to Continue Forced Labor in Prisons
In a grim yet unsurprising update, California voters have rejected Proposition 6, choosing to keep forced labor legal in state prisons. The Golden State, which is typically viewed as a beacon of ...
It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program
Cal Poly Humboldt’s bachelor’s program offers new opportunity to people incarcerated at maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison ...
Ecuador Prison Violence Kills at Least 15
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left at least 15 people dead and 14 injured at Ecuador's largest prison, authorities said Tuesday. The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of ...
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Anti-slavery measure Prop. 6 fails, allowing forced labor to continue in California prisons
6 to clarify that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would have set wages for voluntary work assignments in ...
Prop 6: California voters reject measure to ban forced prison labor
California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...
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California voters reject Prop 6 ban on forced prison labor
A California ballot proposition that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor has failed.