The measure would have amended the state’s constitution to repeal language that allows involuntary servitude as a form of ...

In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort ... who viewed their efforts as part of a national movement to end a ...

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

Prisoners in California will still be forced to fight wildfires and make furniture for minimal pay, as voters appear to have rejected Proposition 6.

Prop. 6 would ban forced labor in California prisons, paving the way for incarcerated people to have more freedom over the ...

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.

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

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and ...

California voters rejected Proposition 6, a measure that would have banned forced labor in jails and prisons. The Associated ...

"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.

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