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

Two California residents are accused of stealing $2.1 million in COVID-19 jobless benefits using stolen identities of prison ...

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 ...

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

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

How expansive the pardons would be, including whether they cover those accused of attacking police, will determine the impact ...

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

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

However, previous attempts to reform prison labor laws have faced significant financial hurdles, such as the California ...