The measure would have amended the state’s constitution to repeal language that allows involuntary servitude as a form of ...

An inmate at a California's Kern Valley State Prison is accused of killing his cellmate, who was serving a life sentence with ...

In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own ...

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

It employs local trained teachers to implement visual, literary, and performing arts programs for incarcerated people within ...

North Kern State Prison in Delano, California Investigating Death of Incarcerated Person, Nick V. Lopez, as a Homicide ...

Residents of Riverside County can visit the Megan’s Law website to familiarize themselves with the sex registrants in their ...

Proposition 6 on California's 2024 election ballot would ban forced labor as a form of punishment. Supporters say it would prioritize rehabilitation in prison.

They added that more than 2,400 personnel were working to control the Mountain Fire, including inmate firefighters with the ...

In summary The California Constitution permits involuntary servitude as criminal punishment, a practice that advocates liken to slavery. Prop. 6 would repeal that language and allow incarcerated ...

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.