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

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

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 ...

In summary Supporters of Prop. 36 say it would help the state address homelessness, drug addiction and retail theft. Its critics call it a return to the failed policies of the war on drugs.

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 ...

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 ...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday declined to say how she voted on Proposition 36, a California ballot initiative that would allow for increased sentencing for people convicted of retail theft or ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood says that 1,100 prisoners set for early release due to overcrowding. She spoke about the Labour government's plans to tackle prison over-crowding. Scientists ...

Our correspondent Mollie Malone has been inside the prison, just as more than 1,000 inmates are released early to ease overcrowding. Joining Niall Paterson, Mollie shares the chaos she witnessed ...

In 2014, California voters approved Proposition 47, which reduced certain nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors ...

This electoral trend toward orderly urbanism was most stark in ultraliberal San Francisco. Fifty-eight percent of voters ...