In order to understand what officials do in such situations, this article explores how the policy crisis of Prison Realignment in Los Angeles County—the shift of thousands of California state prisoners into an already overcrowded county jail system—came to be considered publicly resolved. This ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. California State Prison-Los Angeles County officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man in Lancaster as a homicide, auth...
Leaders of the guards union, the California Correctional Peace Officers’ Assn., were Hagar’s other main target. He said the union had never played a major role in any significant prison reform and told its top officials they bear some blame for the escalating problems of the 171,000-inmate...
In a related matter, Assemblywoman Gloria Molina (D-Los Angeles) introduced a bill Wednesday that would require that any new jail or prison in Los Angeles County be at least 10 miles from any existing incarceration facilities with capacities totaling more than 9,000 inmates. Two new county jai...
Gun sentencing enhancements carry an additional penalty of 25 years to life in state prison for each offense. FromLos Angeles Times “This case represents the kind of far-reaching investigation that federal, state, and local law enforcement partners can do when working together.” ...
change the constitution to say that “slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited.” Proponents of the measure want the state tooutlaw forced prison laborin which people who are incarcerated are often paid less than $1 an hour to fight fires, clean p...
The punishment for rape can range from three to eight years in state prison. It is considered statutory rape if the other person involved in the sexual intercourse is less than 18 years old. If there is less than three years between the two parties, it is a misdemeanor. If the defendant...
As a result, "the Secretary of State's reading of the law stands," Bowen spokeswoman Nicole Winger said in an email. Winger said she could not comment further on pending litigation. Both lawsuits argue that state law prohibits voting only by people who are in state prison or on parole. ...
My name isPep Williams, and I’m a photographer from Los Angeles. I recently shot a project with the help of Leica called “Out of Bounds.” I’m one of the few photographers allowed to shoot inside a California state prison. I also did something never done before: because I’m a fo...
In November 2013, Los Angeles gang leader Kevin Eleby was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison in a RICO case. The gang used violence and intimidation to control a housing project in South Los Angeles. The RICO trial determined that the enterprise engaged in drug dealing, firearms trafficki...