May 08, 2023

Davis Stabbings | CA Bill Wants to End Involuntary Prison Labor | Rosemont HS Goes to World Robotics Championship

50 minutes

The latest on deadly stabbings in Davis. A deep dive into legislation overhauling prison labor that may be decided by California voters. The Rosemont High robotics team returns from the World Robotics Championship.

Davis stabbings

It was a series of seemingly random stabbings that shocked the Davis community. Three people were stabbed in the college town in less than a week, two were killed and a third is critically injured. The attacks put the normally lively UC Davis community on edge, but that anxiety began to ease with an arrest last week. The suspect, a former UC Davis student, made his first appearance in court last week. CapRadio Reporter Kate Wolfe joined Insight to share more details on where the investigation stands now.

Ending involuntary labor in prisons

Most inmates in California prisons make less than 50 cents an hour. And some would argue that is the punishment for the crime. But California is among a minority of states that allows for “involuntary servitude” in prison, and a new bill equates that with modern day slavery. We’ll learn about the piece of legislation overhauling mandatory prison labor that will head to voters as a state constitutional amendment, if it passes and gets the governor’s signature. To better understand the involuntary servitude, Insight invited Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and Co-Founder of All of Us or None, to share his experience as someone formerly incarcerated, who used that experience to shape activism for criminal justice reform. Insight also invited the author of the bill ACA 8, State Assemblymember Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City), to explain how it would remove language from the California Constitution, which allows incarcerated individuals to be exposed to forced labor.

Rosemont High School

Dave Stafford is the Head Mentor for the Rosemont High School Wolverine Robotics Team, joined by Rosemont High seniors Diana Torres Arias and Mitchell Milobar. The team just returned from the World Robotics Championship.

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