But COVID-19 outbreaks at San Quentin loomed in the background of the festivities.
Prison
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...
In Wrongful Death Settlement, Family of Shaylene Graves Will Get $3.5 Million and a Platform to Urge CA’s Prison Officials to Implement Policies That Better Protect Women in Custody
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will pay $3.5 million to the...
Parole Trends in the Time of COVID-19: Fewer Hearings, Fewer Approvals
Only five out of 13 states actually increased the number of people granted parole during the first...
Gladiator School: Memories From the Terrible Past of California’s Youth Prisons
“They called YTS a gladiator school because you are going to learn and harden yourself into...
State Continues to Hand Soon-to-Be-Released Prisoners Over to Immigration Agents During Pandemic
In recent weeks, the Adelanto ICE Processing Center has become the site of the largest active...