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.

The recent defeat of Proposition 6, which would have banned forced ... heavily on prison labor. Instead of focusing on education and rehabilitation proven to reduce recidivism, California ...

Wilson has also initiated a proposed constitutional amendment. “For too long, California’s prison system has upheld the remnants of slavery through forced labor,” said Wilson in her ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel ...