“SFDA filed new charges in 71.79% and took action on 84.64% of them" A new website portal was created by the San Francisco District Attorney's … [Read more...]
TB Case Prompts Testing
A tuberculosis case was reported at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, prompting officials to notify and offer tests to all … [Read more...]
Newsom Fights Vaccine
State officials have urged a federal judge to order all California prison guards to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “We do really have a problem … [Read more...]
California expands resources for newly released
California has just launched the nation’s first statewide coordinated effort to bolster the re-entry process, helping to support incarcerated people … [Read more...]
Newsom signs new law to strip badges from abusive cops
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that might strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias. It was one of several … [Read more...]
Newsom focuses on California’s homeless epidemic
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently focused attention on California’s growing crisis of unhoused residents and signed new legislation aimed at getting them the … [Read more...]
CA eases gang-related sentence enhancements
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill restricting gang enhancements in sentencing, the Associated Press (AP) reported. This bill is the latest in a … [Read more...]
Private SoCal prison remains open despite ban
A for-profit GEO Group private prison is attempting to keep its federal lockup operating despite President Joe Biden’s executive order to shut … [Read more...]
CA Legislature considers expansion of resentencing law
The California Legislature’s 2021-2022 Regular Session is currently considering several bills which, if passed, would change resentencing procedures. … [Read more...]
Ending slave labor in California prisons
Incarcerated workers may soon have a reason to celebrate Labor Day as a lawmaker’s work to remove the last vestiges of slavery from California’s … [Read more...]