Proposition 6 would have banned the use of involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes. It was rejected by California ...

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

In California, voters rejected a measure that would have outlawed using involuntary servitude as a punishment against ...

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced ...

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

Proposition 6 would have removed a provision from the state Constitution that allows “involuntary servitude” as punishment ...

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

A California ballot proposition that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor has failed.

Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor.

Proposition 6, if passed by voters, would have amended the state constitution to prohibit all forms of involuntary servitude, ...

In California and Nevada, so-called slavery "loopholes" are on this year's ballot. Much like the 13th Amendment in the U.S.

The measure aims to make prison labor voluntary, following the lead of states across the country that have banned slavery in ...