On the state level, Proposition 36 would increase costs in two ways. Some people would be required to serve their sentences in state prison, rather than county prison, thus increasing the state prison population. It would also increase state costs due to an increase in the workload ...
While Proposition 47 was created with the intent of reducing the state's prison population by changing some felony offenses to misdemeanors, Proposition 36 increases penalties for certain drug and theft crimes. It went into effect in mid-December. ...
California Reluctant To Further Reduce Its Prison PopulationRichard Gonzales
California's prison population grew from 25,000 in 1980 to over 170,000 in 2007.[335] Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment and the state has the largest "Death Row" population in the country (though Oklahoma and Texas are far more active in carrying out executions).[336][...
A bitterly divided Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that California must reduce its prison population by at least 30,000 in order to alleviate overcrowding.
Abstract We sought to describe the prevalence of childhood traumatic events among incarcerated women in substance abuse treatment and to assess the relation between cumulative childhood traumatic events and adult physical and mental health problems. Related...
California and Nevada may ban forced prison labor, servitude 1 of 3 | FILE - Steven Abujen, a California prison inmate with the Prison Industry Authority, cleans one of the newly installed headstones at the Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery, near Folsom, Calif., on Oct. ...
Bishop, population 3,800, is about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Big Pine, home to about 1,700 people in Inyo County. The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, bro...
The fight over voting machines has divided the Shasta County, a mostly rural area where the largest city is Redding with a population of 93,000 people. Should Newsom sign the bill, County Clerk Cathy Darling Allen said the county has the equipment it needs to tabulate...