Prop 6: California voters reject measure to ban forced prison labor
California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at least a half-dozen states — including Alabama, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and Vermont — have approved similar measures.
Tessa Balc is a fourth year journalism and political science major. She also serves as news editor for The Point. Tessa is ...
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.
LA Times on MSN13d
Prop. 6 supporters ask voters to end slavery in California. Isn’t it already illegal?Prop. 6 would ban forced labor in California prisons, paving the way for incarcerated people to have more freedom over the ...
"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.
The Associated Press has called another race from Tuesday's election, Proposition 6, which supporters said would "end ...
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The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania ...
Sacramento Bee on MSN5d
Prop 6’s failure shows racial discrimination no longer a motivator for Californians | OpinionIt would have banned forced labor in prisons and jails as a form of punishment. Proponents liken such punishments to vestiges ...
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