Offenders with multiple drug convictions can opt for treatment instead of prison, but those who don't complete the program ...

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

Lawyer Mark Geragos, representing the Menendez brothers, is set to call six key witnesses to the stand at their re-sentencing ...

Anaheim will pay $5 million to Raul Sanchez who sued the city after losing his leg following a police shooting that came ...

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

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have amended the state ...

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

California voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at banning state prisons from using forced labor as a punishment for crimes ...

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 ...

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.