Lawmakers add measure to end forced prison labor to ballot
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to completely ban involuntary servitude, a change that would remove an exception…
South African runner Oscar Pistorius released from prison
PRETORIA, South Africa — South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole and is now at home, South Africa’s Department of Corrections…
California prisoners could get higher wages under new plan — but still less than $1 an hour
SACRAMENTO — For the first time in 30 years, the California prison system plans to nearly double most hourly wages for incarcerated workers, a proposal that…