When Richmond resident Lejon “Fahim” Reese was transferred to Vacaville’s Solano State Prison in December 1993, he was just beginning to serve his time for a gang-related homicide. Then he was told how to spend that time.  The Unit Classification Committee, the state body in charge of inmate work assignments, assigned him the role of … Continue reading California voters to decide if forced prison work constitutes slave labor and should be prohibited