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...]
In the U.S. Firearms Involved Many More Suicides Than Homicides
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...]
Report: Residential Areas With High Incarceration Rates Likely Suffer From Stress
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...]
Gov. Brown Gets Second Chance to Reshape Courts
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...]
State Court Increases Scrutiny of Death Penalty Cases
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...]
Searching for Accuracy In the Recidivism Rate
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...]
New ‘Blueprint’ Aims to Reduce Mass Incarceration
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...]
Benefits of Yoga
“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...]
‘Overcrowding Mandate Is No Issue in Parole Grants’
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...]
Study Reveals Decline in Juvenile and Adult Crime Rates and Incarceration
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...]