Los Angeles County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145 ...

County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity.

California just voted in harsher penalties despite low crime rates, thanks to TV news, a $16 million campaign, and a slow ...

Passed by an overwhelming majority of Golden State voters, Prop. 36 will implement harsher penalties for retail crime.

When California voters adopted the “three strikes” law in 1994, they accelerated a chain of events that ultimately led to unconstitutional state prison overcrowding and a federal court order ...

In addition to casting votes for the nation's next president and the state's next U.S. Senator, Californians will decide the ...

A ballot measure that will roll back decade-old criminal justice policies in California and toughen penalties for some offenders was easily approved by voters Tuesday, but another effort to expand ...

Harris also defied Supreme Court orders to reduce the overcrowding of California prisons, arguing that the justices lacked the authority to mandate the early release of low-risk prisoners.

Anyone recalled to prison has to be considered for release by the Parole Board before they can be freed again. – Will this solve the problems with overcrowding? No, it will only ease capacity problems ...

The man in charge of a review of the prisons crisis says building more jails is not the answer and a more "strategic" ...

In an effort to reduce the city's prison population and provide individuals who, officials said, could be released without posing a threat to public security with a chance at freedom, 100 ...

drug abuse and homelessness — issues that have steadily risen as voter concerns — while detractors say it will not address the root of these crimes and lead to prison overcrowding. A similar ...