The centerpiece of the state’s prison reduction effort is Assembly Bill 109, also known as “Realignment,” which shifts some inmates from prisons to … [Read more...]

Participation in the Restorative Justice Symposium at San Quentin was at an all-time high and even included a Marin County Assistant District Attorney … [Read more...]

Prison officials may be a wee bit nervous about seeing a review on Concerning Dissent and Civil Disobedience, by Abe Fortas, in a prison newspaper. No … [Read more...]

Boise, Idaho – Corrections Corporation of America has been held in contempt of court by a federal judge because of chronic understaffing at a prison … [Read more...]

During a three-day conference in New York City, a panel presented what it called “major issues,” and discussed what could be done to reduce bias at … [Read more...]

If policymakers want a safer public, research shows that increasing the certainty of jail time for criminal activity works better than imposing longer … [Read more...]

There is more good news for some Three Strikes inmates now eligible for release due to the passage of Proposition 36 last November. According to local … [Read more...]

PredPol is a new computer program used to predict when and where crimes will occur. Police officers can be dispatched to the scene in advance of the … [Read more...]