2024-10-04 11:09:18

Involuntary servitude still exists in California. A ballot measure in November could change that

If voted into law, Proposition 6 would abolish forced labor as a criminal punishment in the state’s prisonsGovernment-sanctioned slavery still exists in California. The state is one of 20 where incarcerated people can be forced to work against their will. But if it’s up to the assemblymember Lori Wilson and the state’s legislative Black caucus, that will come to an end in November.Wilson and the caucus are behind Proposition 6, a proposal on the ballot on 5 November that would abolish forced labor as a criminal punishment in the state’s prisons and prevent inmates who refuse to work from being penalized. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/california-prop-6-prison-slavery-election

Author Public Key

npub1jakld4z7ekaygprsnkdpac8ea2uvlpl54urv45lfdnx4u87p06ts4da5jq

Seen on

wss://relay.nostr.band

Show more details

Published at

2024-10-04 11:09:18

Kind type

1 Short Text Note

Event JSON

{ "id": "ee59fc93664d13279c70988576f837cf39fc307352442f194fbe8c5e2b3ac99a", "pubkey": "976df6d45ecdba4404709d9a1ee0f9eab8cf87f4af06cad3e96ccd5e1fc17e97", "created_at": 1728040158, "kind": 1, "tags": [ [ "d", "52242343-8043-4531-a8a9-324e306d6a2c" ], [ "subject", "Involuntary servitude still exists in California. A ballot measure in November could change that" ], [ "r", "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/california-prop-6-prison-slavery-election" ], [ "snaid", "6f7ea308-5f9c-41ce-bc3e-a77c77c3bdf8" ], [ "published_at", "1728040137" ], [ "p", "976df6d45ecdba4404709d9a1ee0f9eab8cf87f4af06cad3e96ccd5e1fc17e97" ], [ "imeta", "url https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7db624324cd70678b46a3d6b3b8a4126e7bd88f0/0_0_4219_2532/master/4219.jpg?width=1200\u0026height=630\u0026quality=85\u0026auto=format\u0026fit=crop\u0026overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft\u0026overlay-width=100p\u0026overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc\u0026enable=upscale\u0026s=dab96d303264f05c7234349713e6ee84", "alt Article image" ], [ "p", "5f7bc57f61a88f5c2728ac4576686198b2d761785d46ca59bb9af4ac31f59f91" ] ], "content": "Involuntary servitude still exists in California. A ballot measure in November could change that\nhttps://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7db624324cd70678b46a3d6b3b8a4126e7bd88f0/0_0_4219_2532/master/4219.jpg?width=1200\u0026height=630\u0026quality=85\u0026auto=format\u0026fit=crop\u0026overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft\u0026overlay-width=100p\u0026overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc\u0026enable=upscale\u0026s=dab96d303264f05c7234349713e6ee84\n\nIf voted into law, Proposition 6 would abolish forced labor as a criminal punishment in the state’s prisonsGovernment-sanctioned slavery still exists in California. The state is one of 20 where incarcerated people can be forced to work against their will. But if it’s up to the assemblymember Lori Wilson and the state’s legislative Black caucus, that will come to an end in November.Wilson and the caucus are behind Proposition 6, a proposal on the ballot on 5 November that would abolish forced labor as a criminal punishment in the state’s prisons and prevent inmates who refuse to work from being penalized. Continue reading...\n\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/california-prop-6-prison-slavery-election", "sig": "90e52c765d434f4f74ceecdfc7237893ee46644c2084bd93497840de83d90fe1dc1d025438156ee6552b7867f19c110a0225210c512c4018e3a2ee223effc332" }