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Prisons on the ballot

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Prisons on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding prisons and prisoners.

Examples:


Ballot measures lists

By state

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

Alabama

  1. Alabama Mobile County Penal Facility Amendment (September 1977)
  2. Alabama Prison Bond Amendment (1978)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Proposition 104, Confinement of Minors as Adults Amendment (1980)

California

  1. California Proposition 54, Prison Construction Bond Measure (1986)
  2. California Proposition 120, Prison Construction Bond Issue (June 1990)
  3. California Proposition 139, Prison Inmate Labor Initiative (1990)
  4. California Proposition 144, New Prison Construction Bond Measure (1990)
  5. California Proposition 80, Construction of New Prisons Bond (1988)
  6. California Proposition 52, County Correctional Facilities Bond Measure (June 1986)
  7. California Proposition 21, Institutions for Women with Felony Convictions Amendment (1936)
  8. California Proposition 1, Prison Construction Bond Measure (June 1982)
  9. California Proposition 17, State Correctional Facilities Construction and Improvements Bond Measure (June 1984)
  10. California Proposition 16, County Jail Construction and Improvements Bond Measure (June 1984)
  11. California Proposition 2, Construction of County Jails Bond Measure (1982)
  12. California Proposition 147, County Jail Bond Measure (1990)
  13. California Proposition 57, Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements (2016)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Referendum A, Contracts for Non-State Prisons Measure (1995)

Florida

  1. Florida Parole Commission Amendment (1940)

Idaho

  1. Idaho Repeal Section Regarding Labor of Convicts , HJR 24 (1912)
  2. Idaho Establish Board of Corrections, SJR 5 (1942)
  3. Idaho Abolish State Board of Prison Commissioners, SJR 6 (1942)
  4. Idaho Abolish State Board of Prison Commissioners, HJR 3 (1944)

Illinois

  1. Illinois Anti-Contract Convict Labor Amendment (1886)

Mississippi

  1. Mississippi Administration of Prisons, Amendment 2 (1990)

Montana

  1. Montana Bond Issue for Twine Factory, Referendum 1 (1916)
  2. Montana Prison Bond Issue, R-62 (1960)

New Jersey

  1. New Jersey Question 3, No Lottery Funds to go to Prisons (1999)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Abolition of Prison Contract Labor Amendment (September 1912)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Funding for Psychiatric Hospitals, Schools, and Prisons Referendum (June 1906)

Pennsylvania

  1. Pennsylvania Question 1, Prison Bond Measure (1990)

South Carolina

  1. South Carolina Amendment on Penal Institutions, Amendment 4 (1970)
  2. South Carolina Amendment on Moving Inmates to other States, Amendment 6 (1970)

Texas

  1. Texas Proposition 5, Board of Prison Commissioners Amendment (July 1921)
  2. Texas Proposition 3, Board of Prison Commissioners Amendment (1926)
  3. Texas Proposition 6, Prisoner Placement Amendment (1985)
  4. Texas Proposition 18, Jail Districts Amendment (1987)
  5. Texas Proposition 8, Bonds for Corrections Projects Amendment (1989)
  6. Texas Proposition 4, Bonds for Corrections and Mental Health Facilities Amendment (1991)
  7. Texas Proposition 14, Bonds for Corrections Facilities Amendment (1993)
  8. Texas Allow Investment of Public School Land Sale Proceeds for Penitentiary System Amendment (1896)

Washington

  1. Washington SJR 8212, Inmate Labor Programs Amendment (2007)
  2. Washington Allow Chaplains for State Prisons and Reformatory Institutions Amendment (1904)

Wyoming

  1. Wyoming Building of State Prisons, Amendment 3 (1978)

By year

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

2016

  1. California Proposition 57, Parole for Non-Violent Criminals and Juvenile Court Trial Requirements (2016)

2007

  1. Washington SJR 8212, Inmate Labor Programs Amendment (2007)

1999

  1. New Jersey Question 3, No Lottery Funds to go to Prisons (1999)

1995

  1. Colorado Referendum A, Contracts for Non-State Prisons Measure (1995)

1993

  1. Texas Proposition 14, Bonds for Corrections Facilities Amendment (1993)

1991

  1. Texas Proposition 4, Bonds for Corrections and Mental Health Facilities Amendment (1991)

1990

  1. California Proposition 120, Prison Construction Bond Issue (June 1990)
  2. California Proposition 139, Prison Inmate Labor Initiative (1990)
  3. California Proposition 144, New Prison Construction Bond Measure (1990)
  4. Mississippi Administration of Prisons, Amendment 2 (1990)
  5. Pennsylvania Question 1, Prison Bond Measure (1990)
  6. California Proposition 147, County Jail Bond Measure (1990)

1989

  1. Texas Proposition 8, Bonds for Corrections Projects Amendment (1989)

1988

  1. California Proposition 80, Construction of New Prisons Bond (1988)

1987

  1. Texas Proposition 18, Jail Districts Amendment (1987)

1986

  1. California Proposition 54, Prison Construction Bond Measure (1986)
  2. California Proposition 52, County Correctional Facilities Bond Measure (June 1986)

1985

  1. Texas Proposition 6, Prisoner Placement Amendment (1985)

1984

  1. California Proposition 17, State Correctional Facilities Construction and Improvements Bond Measure (June 1984)
  2. California Proposition 16, County Jail Construction and Improvements Bond Measure (June 1984)

1982

  1. California Proposition 1, Prison Construction Bond Measure (June 1982)
  2. California Proposition 2, Construction of County Jails Bond Measure (1982)

1980

  1. Arizona Proposition 104, Confinement of Minors as Adults Amendment (1980)

1978

  1. Wyoming Building of State Prisons, Amendment 3 (1978)
  2. Alabama Prison Bond Amendment (1978)

1977

  1. Alabama Mobile County Penal Facility Amendment (September 1977)

1970

  1. South Carolina Amendment on Penal Institutions, Amendment 4 (1970)
  2. South Carolina Amendment on Moving Inmates to other States, Amendment 6 (1970)

1960

  1. Montana Prison Bond Issue, R-62 (1960)

1944

  1. Idaho Abolish State Board of Prison Commissioners, HJR 3 (1944)

1942

  1. Idaho Establish Board of Corrections, SJR 5 (1942)
  2. Idaho Abolish State Board of Prison Commissioners, SJR 6 (1942)

1940

  1. Florida Parole Commission Amendment (1940)

1936

  1. California Proposition 21, Institutions for Women with Felony Convictions Amendment (1936)

1926

  1. Texas Proposition 3, Board of Prison Commissioners Amendment (1926)

1921

  1. Texas Proposition 5, Board of Prison Commissioners Amendment (July 1921)

1916

  1. Montana Bond Issue for Twine Factory, Referendum 1 (1916)

1912

  1. Ohio Abolition of Prison Contract Labor Amendment (September 1912)
  2. Idaho Repeal Section Regarding Labor of Convicts , HJR 24 (1912)

1906

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 300-301, Funding for Psychiatric Hospitals, Schools, and Prisons Referendum (June 1906)

1904

  1. Washington Allow Chaplains for State Prisons and Reformatory Institutions Amendment (1904)

Before 1900

  1. Illinois Anti-Contract Convict Labor Amendment (1886)
  2. Texas Allow Investment of Public School Land Sale Proceeds for Penitentiary System Amendment (1896)

Did not make ballot

Did not make ballot

  1. California Reduce Prison Funding, Increase University Funding Amendment (2010)
  2. California Prison Population Reduction Act (2008)
  3. Missouri Reduced Minimum Prison Terms Initiative (2020)
  4. Florida Reentry Program and Supervised Release for Criminal Offenders Initiative (2022)
  5. South Carolina Separate Confinement of Juvenile Offenders Amendment (2022)
  6. Texas Commutation of Punishment to Individuals Serving a Term of Imprisonment Measure (2023)
  7. Florida Voting Rights for Felons and Incarcerated Individuals Initiative (2024)
  8. Michigan Allow Prisoners to Earn Sentencing Credits Initiative (2024)
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