The man in charge of a review of the prisons crisis says building more jails is not the answer and a more "strategic" ...
While California voters just rolled back some criminal justice reforms and ousted progressive prosecutors, even advocates for ...
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.
In 2014, California voters approved Proposition 47, which reduced certain nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors ...
It houses about 10,000 inmates — double its capacity. Ecuador’s prisons have become among the deadliest in Latin America as overcrowding, corruption and weak state control have allowed gangs connected ...