Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

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

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The results from the California's 10 propositions continue to come in and recently, Proposition 6 failed. It was meant to ban forced prison labor and advocates behind the measure ...

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 voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor. Don't miss out on Bay Area news, delivered to your inbox ...

According to several outlets, 53.8 percent of voters said “no” to ending forced labor in prison, while 46.2 percent voted “yes.” States such as Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont recently moved ...

People who are incarcerated are often paid less than $1 an hour to fight fires, clean cells and do landscaping work at ...

California’s Proposition 6 will not pass, the Associated Press said Sunday. Proposition 6, if passed by voters, would have ...

California is one of the 16 states that still allow forced labor in prisons ... If Proposition 6 had passed, it would not ...