Californians voted down Proposition 6, a ballot measure that eliminates the state’s constitutional provision that allows ...
The applications used the stolen identities of prison inmates, who are not eligible for relief, and others, prosecutors said.
"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.
The lawsuit alleges a corrections officer fired the shot when the inmate was on the ground and “posed no threat.” ...
Cal Poly Humboldt’s bachelor’s program offers new opportunity to people incarcerated at maximum-security Pelican Bay State ...
A man serving a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted in 2019 in the human trafficking of a 15-year-old girl in the ...
California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...
Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor. California voters rejected that path when they turned down Prop. 6.
He could receive life in prison at his sentencing, scheduled for Dec. 16, the prosecutor‘s office said. Diaz was among a crew ...
In a setback to California’s historic reparations effort, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have ended forced labor ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of inmate Nick Vedol Lopez, 55, at ...