Instead of closing another prison, the Newsom administration is hoping to cut prison spending by reducing costs associated ...

California needs to close more state prisons. Reviewing Newsom’s May Revision makes that impossible to ignore. The May Revision, Newsom’s annual revised budget proposal, gives ...

But debates about the fiscal impacts of prisons miss the bigger picture issue: California’s continued high crime levels, most ...

California death row inmates allegedly misuse state-issued tablets for porn and contacting minors, raising concerns over Newsom's £145m prison reform safeguards.

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This piece was published in collaboration with the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale. In leaked videos from California's largest women's prison, guards stand in a line facing dozens of incarcerated ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California’s criminal justice system looks different in a very tangible way compared to when Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jesus Reyes, a California prison guard, is charged with smuggling cocaine from Mexico to a stash house in Rowland ...