Years After Court Ruling, 165,000 CA Inmates Still Housed By Race
Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court said racial classifications alone couldn’t dictate prisoners’ cell assignments, about 165,000 California inmates are still housed based primarily on race, says...
View ArticleCDCR: No Goodbye’s, No Closure, and No Info….
Inmates’ deaths mean no chance to say good-bye Before Daniel Martin went back to prison, he told his wife, “I’m not coming back this time. I’m going to die in there.” Ten months later, on July 18,...
View ArticleDebating the cost of a three-strikes sentence
Story by Alexa Vaughn Supporters and opponents bounce between salient statistics and tragic stories when debating California’s current Three Strikes and You’re Out law, which locks up criminals...
View ArticleThe Old and The Ill
Today more than ever, inmates are growing old and dying in prison – and costing the state several millions of dollars. The most expensive California prisoners have medical bills ranging from $100,000...
View ArticleCalifornia Cities Struggling Under Wave of Corruption
Scott Martelle Contributor (Aug. 16) — Call it the New Jersey of the West. Recent revelations of exorbitant salaries paid to top officials in the Southern California city of Bell are only the latest...
View ArticleLife without possibility of redemption
By A Public Defender I sat in a prison cell yesterday. And not your regular bullpen where they cram in 4 people who’re waiting to go to court. The real deal. Where our clients sleep at night (and often...
View ArticleLife without parole for children?
Courts, lawmakers, DAs at odds over sentencing for young killers By Merrill Balassone Jonathan Medina – Merced Sun-Star – A 14-year-old boy who killed a young father at a child’s birthday party in...
View ArticleCalifornia inmates still suffer from lapses in prison medical care
Michal Czerwonka/Getty Images The California Institution for Men prison fence is seen on August 19, 2009 in Chino, California Aug. 25, 2010 | Julie Small | KPCC Changes ordered by a federal receiver...
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