Prop 6 would remove wording in the state constitution that allows jails and prisons to force incarcerated people to work. Better known as "Involuntary Servitude", the requirement to work is illegal in the state except to punish crime.
The opposition rests on the argument that prison shouldn't be a vacation and "idle hands are the Devil's playground" type arguments. This may have been a valid argument years ago, but our current laws establish that a prisoner does not lose his or her right to body autonomy once incarcerated. This includes a right to refuse medical treatment, and it includes a right to refuse work.
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