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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    ‘Only the carrot now, there is no stick’: Prop 6 would change CA prison labor

    California’s Proposition 6 would end forced labor in prisons. Currently incarcerated people can be required to work, sometimes for pennies per hour or nothing at all, and face punishment if they refuse.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 22, 2024 • 1 min read

    California’s Proposition 6 would end forced labor in prisons. Currently incarcerated people can be required to work, sometimes for pennies per hour or nothing at all, and face punishment if they refuse.

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    Prop 6 explainer, the fight against Inland Empire’s online shopping warehouses
    1. 0:00Shaken baby syndrome: Junk science?
    2. 13:22‘Only the carrot now, there is no stick’: Prop 6 would change CA prison laborYou’re reading this
    3. 21:56A rebellion against the growth of warehouses in the Inland Empire
    4. 32:50Patrice Jetter’s fight for disability rights and marriage equality
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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Prop 6 explainer, the fight against Inland Empire’s online shopping warehouses
    1. 0:00Shaken baby syndrome: Junk science?
    2. 13:22‘Only the carrot now, there is no stick’: Prop 6 would change CA prison laborYou’re reading this
    3. 21:56A rebellion against the growth of warehouses in the Inland Empire
    4. 32:50Patrice Jetter’s fight for disability rights and marriage equality
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand