L.A. County supervisors approve ballot measure to restore funds for jail alternatives
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a crucial step toward restoring county funding for…
Tule Lake Pilgrimage preserves a painful past in northern California – Shasta Scout
Barracks buildings occupied by Japanese American incarcerees at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center. Photo courtesy of the…
California Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves
This article was produced by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political,…
Formerly Incarcerated Mentors Are Changing Lives in California
When he walked out of prison after 28 years, the first thing Allen Burnett did was drive to…
Newsom closed 5 California prisons. Why lawmakers might want to shut one more
BY THE TIME Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves office, California will have five fewer state prisons than when he came into power. Some…
George Takei Brings WWII Incarceration Stories to Life With AI Exhibit in LA
Actor and activist George Takei Thursday introduced an interactive digital storytelling experience at the Japanese American National Museum…
At San Quentin, Newsom shows off the anti-Trump model of public safety
A strange quirk at San Quentin state prison is that most of those incarcerated behind its towering walls…
Breaking the positive feedback loop of oppressive censorship | The Soapbox
Egyptian pharaohs’ names were routinely struck from all public records following the toppling of their rule to justify…
Contributor: Voters want both ‘tough on crime’ and compassionate reform
Zohran Mamdani, the progressive standard-bearer who could become New York City’s next mayor after Tuesday’s election, faces a…