Measure 112: Voters decided to remove the state constitution's language addressing slavery in prison
Ballot measure details
Known as the Remove Slavery as Punishment for Crime from Constitution Amendment, Oregon Measure 112 removed the exception in the Constitution that allowed for slavery as "a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted."
In turn, it added the following language: "Upon conviction of a crime, an Oregon court or a probation or parole agency may order the convicted person to engage in education, counseling, treatment, community service or other alternatives to incarceration, as part of sentencing for the crime, in accordance with programs that have been in place historically or that may be developed in the future, to provide accountability, reformation, protection of society or rehabilitation."
A Secretary of State's analysis of the measure stated: "The measure does not require additional state government revenues or expenditures; however the impact of the measure will depend on potential legal action or changes to inmate work programs."
Support and opposition
Oregonians Against Slavery & Involuntary Servitude led the campaign in support of the measure. Supporters argued that the slavery exception heavily affected marginalized communities.
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