When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations ...

The list of disapproved books include such titles as: "Game of Thrones," "The Kite Runner," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Lady Gaga - Born to be Free." But most books that are banned seem to be ...

In summary Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026. California’s Legislative ...

Every day he will spend 23 hours a day in his cell, she said ... Alvarez will be transferred to San Quentin Prison within 10 days and must make $75,114.16 in restitution to May’s family through ...

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office plans to replace furnishings in all 222 cells at the county jail. The Board of Supervisors ...

While it appeared like his final days would be spent in prison, that would soon change and he is now a free man. Last week, a judge granted the release of former San Francisco 49er Dana ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...

A woman suspected of killing three members of the same family by poisoning a Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in Brazil. Deise Moura dos Anjos was found without vital signs ...

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The ...

SAN DIEGO — A San Diego woman was sentenced to 86 months in prison for firearm possession and heroin distribution charges, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Lucresia Stone-Rojas ...