A coalition of advocacy groups today delivered letters to state legislators calling on them to act quickly reduce prison overcrowding and drop any plans for…
A federal three-judge panel today gave Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration a two-year extension of a deadline for reducing the number of inmates in the state’s…
The head of California’s prisons said today that Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed $9.8 billion budget for corrections in the next fiscal year is aimed at…
With Annual Incarceration Costs Hitting $50,000, Law Enforcement Officials Tout Alternative Programs
A state Assembly committee gathered ideas from Bay Area law enforcement and community representatives at a hearing in San Francisco today on how to help…
Gov. Jerry Brown today announced a plan to comply with a federal court limit on prison overcrowding by leasing more space for nearly 8,000 inmates…
The U.S. Supreme Court today turned down a request by Gov. Jerry Brown for a stay of a lower court order requiring a reduction of…
A federal court today reaffirmed its order for a reduction of nearly 10,000 in the state’s prison population by Dec. 31, saying that Gov. Brown…
Gov. Jerry Brown and state prison officials have reluctantly filed a plan in federal court in San Francisco to reduce California’s prison population by 9,300…
A three-judge federal court has rejected a bid by Gov. Jerry Brown for modification of its order for the reduction of the number of inmates…
