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Anti-Slavery Measure Proposition 6 Fails, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue in California Prisons

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

Newsweek on MSN · 4d

California Votes to Keep Forced Prison Labor

One of the critical jobs that prisoners can be required to work is fighting wildfires. While salaried firefighters in California receive $74,000 on average plus benefits, prisoners receive $2 a day and an extra $1 an hour when fighting active fires.

San Francisco Examiner · 3d

Anti-slavery measure Prop. 6 fails, allowing forced labor to continue in California prisons

In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have ended forced labor in prisons and jails. Proposition 6 garnered support from Democratic party

Yahoo · 3d

Californians Vote No to Proposition 6, Keeping Prison Slavery Legal

California voters have decided against backing Proposition 6, which would have amended the state constitution to abolish forced labor in prisons . The West Coast state has decided to keep slavery legal,

KTTV · 3d

California votes 'no' on Prop 6

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.

California inmate accused of killing cellmate convicted of child trafficking

An inmate at a California's Kern Valley State Prison is accused of killing his cellmate, who was serving a life sentence with ...

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California man allegedly shot couple and set their bodies, Teslas on fire in desert

Huangting Gong, 30, is accused of fatally shooting a couple and setting their bodies and Teslas on fire in deserts across ...

Sierra Sun Times23h

Ten Arrested in Riverside County Sex Offender Parole and Probation Compliance Checks in the Lake Mathews Area

Residents of Riverside County can visit the Megan’s Law website to familiarize themselves with the sex registrants in their ...

Governing2d

California’s Anti-Slavery Measure Failed, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue

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.

Mercury News1d

Crime and Public Safety

(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation photo) The inmate who died has been identified as Darius J.

Sierra Sun Times22h

North Kern State Prison in Delano, California Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Nick V. Lopez, as a Homicide

North Kern State Prison in Delano, California Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Nick V. Lopez, as a Homicide ...

Local News Matters on MSN3d

Mental health care at the heart of successful rehabilitation, parole official tells inmates

EXECUTIVES FROM THE California Board of Parole Hearings visited San Quentin Rehabilitation Center recently to talk about the ...

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Rehabilitation at SLO's California Men's Colony can include taking creative writing classes

Cambria resident Juan Luzuriaga is more than just a dog trainer and treat provider in San Luis Obispo County. Twice a week, ...

The Associated Press on MSN11d

In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own ...

Inmate from LA County suspected of killing cellmate in Kern Valley State Prison

Inmate Darius Swain, 41, was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon. The suspect is Gregory Clark, 58.

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