The San Diego County district attorney has launched a team to review possible wrongful convictions, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. District … [Read more...]
California Revamps Penal System After Decades
California is radically revamping its prison system in response to a national movement to reduce mass incarceration. After decades of being tough on … [Read more...]
Treatment Costs of Hep C for Inmates on the Rise
By David Eugene Archer Sr. Journalism Guild Writer Only a few states and the federal government have increased spending on a new generation of drugs … [Read more...]
Richmond Gets Re-entry Center
By David Eugene Archer Sr. Journalism Guild Writer The new Richmond Re-entry Success Center is designed to help people recently released from prison … [Read more...]
San Francisco Sheriff Responds To Federal Immigration Policy
San Francisco’s newly elected sheriff says there are open enforcement questions about a new policy that gives federal immigration officials instead of … [Read more...]
Elderly Inmates Burden State Prisons
By David Eugene Archer Sr. Journalism Guild Writer The elderly population in state prisons continues to climb, causing financial burdens and other … [Read more...]
Enhancements Leave Thousands with Longer Sentences
Tens of thousands of convicted criminals are in state prison longer than the sentence for their crime due to California sentencing enhancements. The … [Read more...]
Will Gov. Brown’s ‘Cookie Jar’ Help Pay for Realignment?
Many California counties say they need more money to cope with additional prisoners kept in local jails instead of being shipped to a state … [Read more...]
Food and Electronic Vendor Companies Profit From Inmates
“There are 2 million-plus inmates incarcerated in America at this time. We haven’t tapped every one of them, but we’ve seen more sales every year,” … [Read more...]
Prop. 47 Win Sent a Message
‘The Proposition 47 victory is a repudiation of four decades of tough-on-crime policies, and marks the end of the era of politics of … [Read more...]