On a special episode (first released on January 9, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The practice of profiting from prison labor, both inside prisons and outside for private industries is complex and ...

"Especially heinous" convicted criminals could be sentenced to hard labor in New Hampshire under a proposed bill.

Proposition 6 would ban the use of forced labor in prison. According to the California Constitution, involuntary servitude is banned – except as a punishment for crime. While incarcerated, prisoners ...

California is one of eight states that still allows involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment. Proposition 6 would end mandatory work requirements for state prisoners, instead creating a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This November, California voters will have ...

California voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have banned forcing inmates to work as a form of punishment, the Associated Press projects. Proposition 6 would have amended the state ...

Proposition 6 asks California voters whether to end involuntary servitude through forced labor in state prisons and jails. The measure has no formal opposition, but supporters say involuntary prison ...

Proposition 6, a proposed amendment that would end forced labor in state prisons, was trailing in early results Tuesday night. The measure would eliminate “involuntary servitude” from the state ...

Supporters of a proposition to ban forced labor in California prisons believe they have a strong message centered on rehabilitation. But as Election Day nears, polls show it's a toss-up or trailing.

A measure on the November ballot proposes to change the state constitution to ban the practice of forced labor in jails and prisons. Proposition 6 would wipe out a legacy of enslavement that dates ...

Derrick Dukes says that low-paid prison labor is slavery (“Minnesota’s prison labor amounts to modern-day slavery,” Strib Voices, Oct. 17). He is wrong. There is a difference between a slave and a ...