Job vacancies in prison and state hospital health care have grown even as California has invested hundreds of millions of ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2025 announced the closure of another prison, a shutdown that's possible because the state is incarcerating far fewer people than it did just a decade ago.

Some of the red ink in California’s budget deficit is coming from unplanned spending in state prisons, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The California Department of ...

Some of the red ink in California’s budget deficit is coming from unplanned spending in state prisons, according to a new report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Why it matters: The California ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a ...

A YEAR AFTER CALIFORNIANS VOTED for a conservative shift in criminal justice policy, they began to see the results. Proposition 36, approved by ...