Many Native tribes consider the Spring Equinox as their New Year celebration. Spring Equinox begins on March 21 with the waking of the bears, followed … [Read more...]

Contra Costa County – Law enforcement officials in are seeing far more prisoners than projected, since taking on the responsibility for lower level … [Read more...]

California has met the first bench mark for solving its overcrowed prisons by shifting low-level offenders to county jails instead of state prison … [Read more...]

Mara Duncan teaches at Contra Costa Adult School (CCAS) in the West County Detention Facility (WCDF), a jail located in Richmond, CA, across the bay … [Read more...]

Centerforce invites the new inmate population in West and North Block to participate in a series of peer-led health-related classes. These classes … [Read more...]

One very important component in obtaining a parole date is having confirmation of transitional housing. For most prisoners, this can be a serious … [Read more...]

In a major decision on privacy in the digital age, the Supreme Court has ruled that police need a warrant before attaching a Global Positioning System … [Read more...]

Two separate efforts to amend California’s controversial Three Strikes Law are under way—in the Legislature and by voter initiative. AB327 passed the … [Read more...]

Last month, the CSI team covered basic headphone and cord problems. Wrapping cords tight breaks the tiny wires inside over time. This month, CD … [Read more...]