Over on the East Coast in Tampa, Florida, crimes have significantly decreased by 20 percent in the past five years. However, incarceration has, according to a report from the Florida Policy Project. Basically, the same people are being thrown into the whirlwind of recidivism. Former state Sen. ...
The United Nations Standard defines solitary confinement as “the confinement of prisoners for 22 hours or more a day without meaningful human contact,” and it is considered “torture” if it last 15 days or more. But, Prison officials claim that the state does not conduct solitary confinement, des...
A diabetic prisoner has filed a lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Corrections and their medical provider for improper management and care for his medical requests, including a refusal of giving him inuslin which is a necessity for his wellbeing. Jacob Frey, the diabetic prisoner, who resid...
Book bans are not just in schools anymore, extend that to prisons across the country. A report made by PEN America, free speech organization that has been tracking book bans nationwide came out with results that are sad yet not surprising. Last Wednesday, PEN America released “Reading Between th...
A new California law banning private prisons statewide has brought in conflict on the federal level with the country's government not being able to incarcerate undocumented individuals in private facilities. The GEO Group, a private detention company that has their headquarters in Boca Raton, Fl...
Mandatory minimum sentences aren't as clear and effective in the criminal justice system as people who have never been system impacted as they think. It promotes recidivism, and sentences tend to be extended or the lowest sentencing is more than predicted. Such as the “three strikes law,” it exe...
The arrest process in Los Angeles is not the same anymore for criminal defendants. The county court decided that individuals who are accused by misdemeanors and non-violent felonies will now typically be released and be given a legal order to appear in court at a later date, instead of having to...
Both individuals and groups from all over the state have demanded to shift mass incarceration in California for more than a decade in different aspects. Now, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced his “California Model” for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), comprisi...
Kaiser Permanente is now responsible in paying $50 million in a settlement for improperly managing services within their behavioral health department and will soon have to provide better support for that that form of care. The Department of Managed Health Care in the state of California has mand...
California is now the first state to provide financial help to undocumented seniors, with a pending approval from Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 1536, introduced by Assemblyman Juan Carrillo, D-Palmdale, that had passed the Senate on a 32-2 vote last week. This bill was later sent to Newsom after an ...
Gavin Newsom, the governor of the state of California, has approved an executive order that would have the state's government become more invested with artificial intelligence despite its criticisms. Now, the higher education system in California is being relied in how to navigate this. “We're n...
Throughout California, automated speeding cameras will be of us in a pilot program under a new bill that was passed by Governor Newsom. According to sources, traffic fatalities are caused by speeding, up to 31 percent. With the cameras, it can reduce speeding in an effective manner, with prior s...
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 428 on September 30th of this year. Applying to the workplace, this new law would expand the violence restraining order law for employed areas in broadening protections for those experiencing workplace harassment. This law will not go into effect until J...
The Annenberg Public Policy Center released out a survey about how informed the American public is on the U.S. Constitution. These results will also be further analyzed on how the First Amendment is perceived, how the U.S. Supreme Court is viewed, and how far does knowledge go on actually knowin...
“Precedent plays an important role in promoting stability and evenhandedness,” mentioned by Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court. When reversals of long-time decisions such as Roe v. Wade, the court's legitimacy is one that should be questioned by the people, as it is important fo...
Less than a decade ago, it was ruled as “cruel and unusual” by federal judges to fine and arrest unhoused individuals for sleeping outside due to not having anywhere else to go. Currently, this has been attempted to be swiped, even a request to overturn Martin v. Boise by the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
Felony convictions that have a no-contest plea impact retirement benefits being taken away if it applies to a job performance despite it being possibly turned down to a misdemeanor or even dismissed in the future, a recent ruling said. According to the Human Resources Director Magazine, “This wa...
The Racial Justice Act, a law in California where criminal defendants can challenge their conviction if there is belief that it was decided based on their racial/ethnic identity, was upheld in a state appeals court yesterday. Introduced by Democrat Assem. Ash Kalra from San Jose, this act had pa...
This legislative season in California regarding prison reform that one wasn't to be predicted, revealing how the state is not as progressive as many voters thought. It's more so about how Gov. Gavin Newsom has been signing and vetoing hundreds of bills without a certain pattern. According to th...
Former women prisoners in Chowchilla that have come forward about surviving sexual assault by a former guard have reached a settlement of $3.7 million, says their attorney. Robert Chalfant, the attorney who represented the women, said that the agreements had happened after talks had occurred for...
Most people wouldn't think farms and prisoners collaborate on projects together to serve incarcerated individuals, but this a better change for the future. Three facilities in California: California State Prison Solano, California Medical Facility, and Folsom State Prison are all part of a “farm...
Prisoners in California typically have to pay for their own toiletries while incarcerated, leading to hundreds of thousands of dollars profited by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). It's one thing to be paying out of pocket without making much money in prison, ju...
Wrongful convictions will be more in scope with barriers removed in California, with the approval under Governor Gavin Newsom with legislation that would ease the exoneration process. Senate Bill 97 was signed into law this year, introduced by Senator Wiener, D-San Francisco, that will take away...
Legislative season has been in the works for the past couple of months, with more engagement with the state's constituents more than ever. With Newsom having the power to pass bills in law, it has been a Pandora's box on what he could do. For a bill that would legalize cannabis cafes for example,...
Three-strikes law under California ruling is a sentencing method that comes with more than what is expected of, leading to being imprisoned from 25 years to life. The defendant to receive must be convicted of a violent of serious felony offense and already have two previous convictions that are a...
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