On Thursday, March 11, Senior U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken handed down a blistering ruling...
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Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Will Now Have a Path to Employment Through Expungement
On Friday, as more than 1,300 incarcerated firefighters continued to battle record-setting blazes...
Federal 3-Judge Panel Says It Can’t Address Coronavirus Crisis in CA Prisons, But Offers Attorneys Seeking Releases a Legal Path Forward
On March 25, as coronavirus was just starting to spread within the state prison system, attorneys...
CDCR Plans to Release as Many as 3,500 Prisoners Nearing the End of Their Sentences
UPDATE: As of April 3, there were twelve prisoners with COVID-19 diagnoses, triple the count...
As Local Officials Continue to Drop Jail Populations Due to COVID-19 Dangers, California’s Overcrowded Prisons Remain Critically at Risk
Is Governor Gavin Newsom doing enough to address the coronavirus threat to California’s...
First California Prisoner Tests Positive for COVID-19
UPDATE: As of Wednesday, March 25, two additional prison employees — one at California State...