One in three California prisoners has a diagnosed mental illness. The state’s solution for some...
Prison
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...
Overtime at California’s prisons swelled to almost half a billion dollars last year
Hybrid nurse-officers are being phased out statewide, but many earned six-figure salaries. One in...