California and Nevada to decide on ending prison slavery this year
In a significant shift, California and Nevada are among the latest U.S. states advancing measures to abolish forced labor in prisons. This effort targets a clause in the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which permits slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime. As voters prepare to weigh in on this issue in the upcoming November elections, the push to reform prison labor is gaining momentum. More than half a dozen states have