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

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

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.

In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have ended forced labor ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in ...

Proposition 6 would amend the state constitution to remove a provision allowing jails and prisons to impose involuntary servitude on inmates and to discipline those who refuse to work. California ...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ home state of California is on track to reject a ballot measure that would ban forced labor in state prisons. Proposition 6 was an effort to ban slavery by creating ...

There are two initiatives on California’s ballot this November dealing with the prison-industrial complex: Proposition 36 would worsen penalties for petty crimes, increasing the prison population and ...

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

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

Voters appear to be rejecting Proposition 6 in California, a measure to end involuntary ... had already ended involuntary servitude in their prisons in recent elections. So it came as something ...