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Where people in prison come from: The geography of mass incarceration in California
by Emily Widra and Felicia Gomez of the Prison Policy Initiative One of the...
Inmate shuffle: How California bounces around its mentally ill prisoners
One in three California prisoners has a diagnosed mental illness. The state’s solution for some...
Over-Representation of LGBTQ+ People in Prisons Largely Driven by Outsized Incarceration of Queer Women, Data Shows
People identifying LGBTQ+ are overrepresented at all points of the criminal justice system. A new...
Op-Ed: The importance of George Gasćon’s Three Strikes reform & what you should know about the pushback from LA prosecutors & police unions
California’s three strikes law has done 28 years of damage to our state. Now, L.A’s...
Op-Ed: I’ve dedicated my life to fighting the abuse of people with disabilities & I support DA Gascón’s reforms eliminating sentencing enhancements.
I’ve dedicated my life to fighting the abuse of people with disabilities, and I support DA...
With a Huge COVID-19 Spike In CA’s Dangerous Youth Prisons, Why Did the Governor Ask Counties to Keep Sending More Kids?
COVID-19 is spiking in California’s youth prisons. And the upward climb has yet to stop. As...
DJJ Watch: The Secrets of Data Collecting Inside California’s Youth Prisons
Even if a fight between two kids is documented, the reason behind the fight may not be, and that is...
Across the Nation, States Fail to Meet Pregnant Women’s Health Needs in Prisons
A 50-state survey by the Prison Policy Initiative reveals a dearth of state laws designed to...
DJJ Watch: An Insider Tells of Officers Leaving Kids’ Skin to Burn With Pepper Spray & Other Everyday Forms of Violence at CA’s Prisons for Kids
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, during the release of his revised state budget, Governor...