Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But ...

"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.

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

California voters rejected Proposition 6, a measure that would have banned forced labor in jails and prisons. The Associated ...

California voters have approved Proposition 4, allowing the state to issue $10 billion in bonds in a landmark effort to ...

It appears inmates in California will continue to work for little or no pay, as tallies released Thursday show voters opposed Proposition 6, a bid to change the state constitution to outlaw ...

Until the dust settles there, perhaps a truer barometer of where California is politically can be found in the results of ...

California voters are weighing whether to approve Proposition 33, which would greatly expand the control local government has ...

California voters have passed Proposition 36, the Associated Press projects, approving changes that will roll back criminal ...

California voters rejected the anti-slavery measure Proposition 6, which would have banned forced labor in state prisons.

Three days after the historic election, the results of only a couple of state ballot measures were out as of Friday. The ...