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Reducing overcrowding at California prisons is not easy. Generally, inmates must either be released or given more space, which is expensive. But there is…
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The top Democrat in the California Senate is calling for more crisis access to mental health services to help reduce the state’s overcrowded prisons. But…
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“The best of the bad options”. That’s how the Department of Corrections is characterizing its plan to reduce prison overcrowding in California. Katie Orr…
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Governor Jerry Brown is taking hits both inside and outside the State Capitol as he faces a stinging federal court order to reduce California’s prison…
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California faces sanctions, fines and possible jail time for Governor Jerry Brown if the state continues to defy a federal court order to reduce its…
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In a scathing ruling, a federal three-judge panel has rejected Governor Jerry Brown’s request that it lift a court order placing a cap on California’s…
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A federal judge has rejected California’s push to retake control of prison inmates’ mental health care. As Ben Adler reports from Sacramento, it’s a major…
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He’s not only from California. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings – past and future – are felt in California. He wrote the ruling in a…
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It’s been one year since Governor Jerry Brown shifted responsibility for low-level offenders in California from the state to counties. But as Ben Adler…