Voters in California and Nevada will decide in November if they want to amend their respective constitutions to end forced labor for prisoners.
Slavery and involuntary servitude are banned under the 13th Amendment, but there is an exception as a form of punishment for those who have been convicted and imprisoned for a crime.
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