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California tries again to protect workers from indoor heat — except in prisons

State workplace safety officials plan to protect employees from indoor heat this summer. But due to cost concerns, a separate rule is in the works for state prisons that will take more time.

에 의해 진 쿠앙 • 4월 18, 2024

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California jails are holding thousands fewer people, but far more are dying in them

Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to address a rise in jail deaths early in his administration. Since then, fentanyl overdoses and suicides have death rates at historic highs.

에 의해 나이젤 두아라 그리고 제레미아 키멜만 • 3월 25, 2024

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Who can fix California’s troubled jails? This board is gaining new power to review deaths

Law enforcement leaders hold a majority of seats on California’s jail oversight board. As overdoses rise, a new state law is adding seats for people with health and behavioral health expertise.

에 의해 CalMatters Staff • 3월 25, 2024

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No parole for youth with life sentences, California Supreme Court rules

A Los Angeles man convicted of slaying an elderly neighbor in 1989 cannot seek parole under new state laws that were intended to give youth offenders a shot at freedom, the California Supreme Court ruled.

에 의해 나이젤 두아라 • 3월 4, 2024

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캘리포니아가 교도소를 폐쇄함에 따라 누군가를 가두는 데 드는 비용이 $132,860으로 새로운 기록을 세웠습니다.

Locking up a California state prisoner for one year costs nearly twice as much as tuition at the state’s top private universities. The number surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and remains high because of inmate medical costs and pay boosts for prison guards and other workers.

에 의해 크리스틴 황 그리고 나이젤 두아라 • 1월 23, 2024

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Friendlier prison guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s advisers want them at San Quentin

California correctional officers train like 'they are going to war' to work in state prisons. Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to transform San Quentin could require a kinder approach.

에 의해 나이젤 두아라 • 1월 5, 2024

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Year in review: California closes prisons and transforms others

As the state shutters prisons, Gov. Newsom wants to turn San Quentin into a model for rehabilitation. Attorney General Rob Bonta is trying to catch up on police shooting investigations.

에 의해 나이젤 두아라 • 12월 20, 2023

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San Quentin Prison is decaying and California would rather ‘transform’ it than fix it

California's whopping $14.4 billion prison budget and the governor’s $360.6 million price tag to "transform" San Quentin into a rehabilitation center seemingly overlook the existing problems with the prison’s infrastructure. Maintenance needs topped $1.6 billion in 2021, and the issues inside are slow to improve if they do at all.

By Kevin D. Sawyer • 11월 9, 2023

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What changes will California voters see in 2024 election?

The 2024 primary election is less than six months away, and, thanks to a series of measures over the last few years, the process will look a little different for voters.  For one, it’s the first presidential primary in which everyone can vote by mail. Because California’s top-two primary system — in which the two […]

에 의해 사메아 카말 • 9월 20, 2023

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He lied to win a California rehab contract. Now he’s convicted of exploiting parolees in his care

Attila Colar went to prison for lying to the government. After California gave him another contract as a provider in a rehabilitation program, a federal jury convicted him of fraud for using the personal information of Bay Area parolees and others to collect government COVID funds.

에 의해 Byrhonda Lyons • 9월 6, 2023