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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

The Associated Press has called another race from Tuesday's election, Proposition 6, which supporters said would "end slavery ...

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

California voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at banning state prisons from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes ...