In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin ...

California in the 1970s cleaned up its constitution to remove any reference to slavery. Yes, slavery was abolished in 1865 ...

A Californian was sentenced to prison for acting as an unregistered agent of China and offering bribes, targeting Falun Gong ...

A Northern California man was sentenced Tuesday to two years and 11 months in prison for seeking more than $13.4 million in COVID-19 relief funds and successfully obtaining nearly $2 million, federal ...

Guard was escorting the convicted murderer back to his cell when the inmate turned on him, prison officials said.

A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced ...

There's speculation that California is becoming more conservative after voters approved stricter punishments for some crimes. The changes move it more toward the center politically than the right.

Californians voted down Proposition 6, a ballot measure that eliminates the state’s constitutional provision that allows ...

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

However, previous attempts to reform prison labor laws have faced significant financial hurdles, such as the California ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in ...

A California ballot proposition that would have amended the state constitution to ban forced prison labor has failed.