Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager officially announced Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3, the California Abolition Act, which would amend the state constitution to end involuntary servitude. (Photo by Antonio Harvey)
Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager and the California Abolition Act Coalition (CAAC) on March 4 officially announced Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3, the California Abolition Act, which would amend the state constitution to end involuntary servitude.
Article 1, Section 6 of the California Constitution allows the practice of involuntary servitude as a means of punishing crime. The euphemistic language of “involuntary servitude” masks what this nefarious practice is in plain language: forced labor.
“By removing this language from our constitution, we are moving our state into the 21st century and taking steps to ensure that no Californian is ever put in a position of involuntary servitude again,” Ms. Kamlager, the bill’s author, said as she announce
Asm. Sydney Kamlager-Dove Pushing Law to End “Slavery” in California’s Prisons
By Tanu Henry California Black Media
Published March 4, 2021
Samuel Brown an inmate at a correctional facility in Lancaster, CA (Courtesy Photo)
For 24 years now, Samual Brown – who was convicted for attempted murder in Sacramento – has been serving time in California state prisons. Right now, he is at a correctional facility in Lancaster, a Los Angeles County town northeast of L.A. While in prison, Brown says he has evolved. In addition to earning an associate degree, Brown will be awarded his B.A. from CSU Los Angeles in the Spring, graduating with a 4.0 GPA.
Asm. Sydney Kamlager-Dove pushing law to end slavery in Californiaâs prisons
March 4, 2021
Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager-Dove with Jamilia Land, co-founder of ASAP and wife of imprisoned humanitarian activist Samuel Brown. Together, Jamilia and Samuel made a significant contribution to the language in ACA 3, an act which would abolish prison slavery and involuntary servitude without exception by removing language in the 13th Amendment from the stateâs constitution. â Photo: California Black Media.
by Tanu Henry
For 24 years now, Samuel Brown â who was convicted for attempted murder in Sacramento â has been serving time in California state prisons. Right now, he is at a correctional facility in Lancaster, a Los Angeles County town northeast of L.A.
Dorsey Nunn knows more about one particular line in the California Constitution than anyone would ever want to. It’s the line that harkens back to the dark days after the Civil War, the one that bans slavery more or less.
“Slavery is prohibited,” says Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution, the set of fundamental principles that defines what this state stands for. “Involuntary servitude is prohibited except to punish crime.”
The 69-year-old spent a decade behind bars for a 1971 robbery in which his accomplice killed a man. At San Quentin State Prison, he mixed chemicals for detergents that cleaned California’s tunnels and highways and hefted 50-pound sacks for later delivery. Two of his brothers were in prison at the same time.
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