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Plan to Remove Prison Healthcare System From Receivership Outlined by Judge Henderson

August 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

A federal judge outlined a plan for California to regain control over its prison health care system after nearly a decade of federal oversight. U.S. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health and Wellness

In the U.S. Firearms Involved Many More Suicides Than Homicides

May 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

Most firearm deaths are suicides, not homicides, according to the 2015 Annual Review of Public Health. Suicides accounted on average for 60.5 percent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Interest

Report: Residential Areas With High Incarceration Rates Likely Suffer From Stress

May 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

Residents in neighborhoods with high incarceration rates are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, according to a recent article in The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Interest

Gov. Brown Gets Second Chance to Reshape Courts

April 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

Gov. Jerry Brown has had his second chance to reshape the nation’s most influential state court, the California Supreme Court, according to The New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Human Interest

State Court Increases Scrutiny of Death Penalty Cases

April 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

In January, the California Supreme Court ruled that the death sentence of a man with a long criminal record was appropriate. On March 11, that ruling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Interest

Searching for Accuracy In the Recidivism Rate

March 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

The states should move away from collecting and using recidivism data as a single number that uniformly defines success or failure in sentencing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Interest

New ‘Blueprint’ Aims to Reduce Mass Incarceration

March 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

A rare detailed plan to slash the 2.3 million population in the United States prisons and jails was published recently in a special issue of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Benefits of Yoga

January 1, 2015 by Chung Kao

“Research has shown that yoga offers great benefits for relieving stress and anxiety, something that is of great value for anyone living or working in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

‘Overcrowding Mandate Is No Issue in Parole Grants’

December 31, 2014 by Chung Kao

The rise in California life prisoners’ parole grants has had nothing to do with the federal court mandate to reduce overcrowding in California’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Study Reveals Decline in Juvenile and Adult Crime Rates and Incarceration

October 29, 2014 by Chung Kao

California has seen drastic drops in the rates of youth and adult incarceration in the past decades, accompanied by declines in the youth and adult … [Read more...]

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