Immigrants decry conditions at former prison, ICE’s largest detention center in California

Detainees report prison-like conditions inside the California City facility and lack of access to medical care. Advocates are ...
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California shrank prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that’s working

The report details demographics and recidivism rates for five of the most significant resentencing policies implemented ...

Actress Lori Loughlin completes prison term in college admissions scam

"Full House" actress Lori Loughlin was released from a Dublin, California, prison after completing a two-month sentence for paying bribes to secure spots for her daughters at a top U.S. university, a ...
Davis Vanguard

First Women’s Class Graduates from California’s Sole In-Person Prison Bachelor’s Program

California Institution for Women received bachelor's degrees through Cal State LA's Prison Graduation Initiative, marking the ...
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Complaints about California’s hellishly hot prison cells have been mounting for years

After years of complaints about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates.

Jurors weighing life in prison or death penalty for California gang member who admitted murdering 5 people

William Arnold ‘Billy’ Armendariz III is ‘worth saving,’ said his attorney, who argued for life in prison. The prosecutor ...
The Atlantic

California Prisons Were Illegally Sterilizing Female Inmates

Over the course of several years, two women's prisons in California signed at least 150 pregnant women up for permanent sterilization to be performed after they gave birth, without following the ...