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California adds three-strikes crime for first time in 20 years. Will lawmakers push for more?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCalifornia is preparing to add a new crime to the list of those eligible for longer prison sentences...
Sacramento shooting suspect cut prison time in half. California Republicans want to end that
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne year later, Sacramento’s deadliest mass shooting continues to shape discussions in the...
California bill boosting domestic violence penalties fails again. Why Democrats aren’t on board
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDomestic violence is not always classified as a violent felony in California. Assemblyman Joe...
A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates' families
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Times investigation found that Aaron Spolin built a booming enterprise by fanning false hopes in...
Report: Four of California's prisons ranked worst at handling COVID, care for inmates
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new report from UCLA dinged Chino, Solano, Chuckwalla and Mule Creek as the 4 prisons with the...
Tenn. inmate's mutilation highlights prison mental care woes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTennessee death row inmate Henry Hodges' fellow prisoner Jon Hall warned long ago that he was at...
California lawmakers revive effort to ban involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn inmate from the Puerta La Cruz conservation camp in Warner Springs puts out burning downed trees...
When a prison is known as the 'rape club,' our justice system has a credibility problem
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA jury recently convicted a former warden of a women’s prison in Dublin, California – also called...
The path to prison is often paved by illiteracy. Yet many prisoners aren't being taught to read.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSALEM, Ore. — Vincent Valdez's childhood memories are tinted by the vodka-filled water bottle he...
3rd-strike 'trans' rape suspect prompts rebellion against CA law after attack in women's prison
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoWomen's rights activists have condemned a California law that lets transgender inmates choose their...