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. That exemption became ...

The recent defeat of Proposition 6, which would have banned forced labor in California’s prisons, combined with the success of Proposition 36, which strengthens penalties for certain crimes, is ...

In Stanislaus County, about 65% of voters rejected a ballot measure in the Nov. 5 election that sought to end forced labor in prisons and jails in California. Proposition 6, which was defeated ...

The majority found Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security broad discretion to arrange for facilities to detain immigrants — including contracting private companies. (CN) — Siding with the ...

Inmate firefighters with Delta Conservation Camp construct a hand line during the Point Fire in ... [+] Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Photo by Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via ...

Proposition 6, the ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to prohibit involuntary servitude in prison, failed. That’s troubling. Do voters really believe forced prison ...

Beatrice X Johnson, with her two-year old grandson Akua, and Curtis Howard, raising his fist, join a campaign kick-off rally for Proposition 6 at the state Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.