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With the promise of higher education, incarcerated people are working to change their lives on the inside. Of California's 34 state prisons, eight offer bachelor degree programs. Inside the first ...

California corrections officials say high-security prisons across the state are tightly restricting movement, calls and visits while they probe a surge in violence this year.

According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, nearly 130,000 people were in state custody in 2019; by the end of last year, that number had dropped to 96,000, a ...

California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting instead to send its most incapacitated prisoners back to state lockups or release them early. The unilateral termination is ...

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Punitive sentencing laws added large numbers of inmates to state prisons from the 1980s through the early 2000s, growing the population by more than sevenfold, according to the Public Policy ...

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press. High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year.

Since 2014, at least 17 correctional officers accused of sexual misconduct in California women's prisons have been fired, have resigned or have retired, according to records.

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in violence this year. The restrictions started Saturday and affect the top… ...