Officials in one West Valley city are taking action to combat a statewide policy gap that leaves residents...
Silver Taube: Proposition 6 would ban forced labor in jails and prisons
In the November election, Californians will vote on a ballot measure, Proposition 6, that would amend California’s Constitution and ban forced labor in jails and prison, one of the last remnants of slavery. If Proposition 6 passes, inmates could not be forced to work. It is also possible that inmates who choose to work would receive minimum wage because the constitutional provision that bans slavery except as punishment for a crime would be deleted. Most inmates in California earn less than 74 cents an hour, although inmate firefighters earn up to about $10 a day. The California minimum wage is...
