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California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe infamous state prison on San Francisco Bay that has been home to the largest death row...
Op-Ed: In prison, the work of journalism is challenging but essential
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA guard walks a prisoner through a cell block at San Quentin in 2016. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles...
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...
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...
Salem native Stephen Bingham's time as an activist lawyer -- and a fugitive -- explored in new film
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 13—It was a story that made national and international headlines over decades. In 1971, lawyer Stephen Bingham had visited prison-rights activist George Jackson, an inmate at California's ...
May Revise preview + Childcare COLA increase + Abortion clinic security funding
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGood morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! AS MAY REVISE LOOMS, CA BUDGET & POLICY CENTER RELEASES...
Newsom touts lithium development near Salton Sea, counters rural fears
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom this week hailed the state's rapid transformation to renewables from a...
A New Documentary Sheds Light on a Pivotal Movement in Asian American History
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLee’s heartbreaking, remarkable, and undeniably complex story is the subject of Free Chol Soo Lee, a...