Prisons

More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.

Grace Coleman woke up in a hospital and learned she caused a fatal crash. Now in a California prison, she's striving to hold herself accountable.

California is closing prisons because it's incarcerating fewer people. Several towns with shuttered prisons now are struggling to lure new employers.

A two-year federal investigation found decades of staff sexual abuse against incarcerated women at California correctional facilities.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement quickly opened a new detention center in a former California state prison last year. Detainees now are suing over their access to healthcare.

California spends tens of millions dollars every year paying prison employees to look for smoke and fire. Replacing fire alarms costs much more.

Atilla Colar in 2023 was convicted on 44 felony charges related to an alleged COVID benefit fraud scheme at a Bay Area parolee rehabilitation program.

In May, the California Supreme Court ruled that a suit by public defenders to confront apparent racial bias in death penalty sentencing could proceed.

Giving agencies more time to fill records requests would likely delay families getting details on how their loved ones died in custody.

Over two decades, political pressure forced California lawmakers to toughen criminal penalties. Now that crime is down, what's next?