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No one is fighting a proposition to ban forced labor in California prisons. Why it could still fail
Every morning, tens of thousands of incarcerated individuals in California prisons must work a job they did not necessarily choose. They cook and serve...
Inland Empire has high number of jail deaths
Jail time or arrests became death sentences for 442 people who died in custody in the Inland Empire from 2011 to 2022, a criminal...
California voters overwhelmingly support Proposition 36, new study says
A ballot measure that will increase the penalties for low-level thefts and drug possession has overwhelming support from California voters, according to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California.
New change coming to retail theft legislation could splinter support for tough-on-crime initiative
Legislative leaders plan to fast-track bills to crack down on retail theft in California and are using the package of reforms to pressure supporters of a proposed tough-on-crime initiative headed for the November ballot to abandon that effort.
