California's Constitution already prohibits so-called involuntary servitude, but an exception allows it to be used as a ...

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

"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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania ...

It would have banned forced labor in prisons and jails as a form of punishment. Proponents liken such punishments to vestiges ...