California lawmakers could let voters decide whether to 'prohibit slavery in any form,' which could change work requirements in prisons.
if they refused work obligations, including solitary confinement or the removal of visitation and other privileges. Meanwhile, their wages rarely reach $1 an hour.
Heile Gantan, a policy advocacy fellow at Anti-Recidivism Coalition, was sentenced to five years in prison and chose to join the fire camp program, which gives incarcerated people the chance to“That decision was voluntary,” Gantan said. “However, everything that happened after that decision was not.”
CDCR spokesperson Vicky Waters said it’s a legal requirement that individuals “participate in something meaningful while incarcerated.” Nunn served more than a decade in prison and while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, his job was to make detergent for California’s tunnels and highways. The work required him to handle chemicals and paid him little more than $30 a month, he said.Prisoner advocate Dorsey Nunn wants to kick Jim Crow out of the California Constitution.
“We are talking about the justice system, and justice for victims,” said former state Sen. Jim Nielsen during the debate. “This is about individuals who have harmed their fellow citizens. They are paying the price, which is justice, for the citizens of California and for particularly their victims.”
Proponents backing ACA 8 reject those arguments and say that incarcerated people want to work and that fears of a labor force collapsing are unfounded.
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