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Former California corrections officer charged with sexually assaulting 13 at women's prison
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoA former correctional officer at the biggest women’s prison in California has been arrested on...
A rural California town sued to keep a prison open. Judge rules Newsom can close it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe California Correctional Center in Susanville, a rural town whose residents depend on jobs at the...
What will happen to Harvey Weinstein’s California rape conviction after New York verdict was...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA New York appeals court on Thursday overturned disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s 2020...
California women's prison rocked by 'rape club' abuse scandals to be closed
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter a series of lawsuits and sexual abuse convictions of prison officials, the Federal Bureau of...
Oklahoma prison reportedly held inmates in shower stalls for days
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAccording to two correctional officers, inmates at the prison in Hinton were held in showers and...
New US prisons chief pledges truth, reform for ailing system
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons pledged Monday to hold...
A former Wisconsin inmate built a cell to show the public that solitary confinement is torture. I'm...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMadison — During the two decades Talib Akbar spent behind bars, he was placed in solitary...
'Something sacred happened.' Incarcerated women find freedom in Poetic Justice art exhibit
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA furnished dollhouse with an accompanying poem called "Mind Palace" and a photo of a smiling woman...
Column: Tinkering with Prop. 47 won't lower crime. Fixing San Quentin will
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA plan for reforming San Quentin — and incarceration in California — was released Friday. It's the...
Sacramento jail’s new annex could cost nearly $1 billion. Here’s why the price has gone up
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve spending close to $1 billion...