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What Newsom didn’t say in his virtual State of the State speech and why it matters
Merced Sun-Star via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoIn a speech aimed at California’s critics, Newsom didn’t mention his efforts to pass a...
Supreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought...
San Quentin closure: From The Sacramento Bee archives, Sam Stanton’s award-winning execution story
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe Bee’s Sam Stanton won the ASNE Distinguished Writing Award for deadline writing for his coverage...
California Democrats want Gov. Gavin Newsom to close five more prisons by 2027. Here’s why
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCalifornia Democrats want to see more prison closures as the state’s inmate population continues to...
Is California’s death penalty ‘racially discriminatory?’ Why civil rights groups say so
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoCalifornia criminal justice reform organizations are challenging the state’s use of the death...
California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe infamous state prison on San Francisco Bay that has been home to the largest death row...
‘Insulting,’ ‘unrealistic’: Will lawmakers halt Newsom’s plan to reform San Quentin prison?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoLawmakers raise concern over plan to reimagine California’s oldest correctional facility while a...
California lawmakers revive effort to ban involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoAn inmate from the Puerta La Cruz conservation camp in Warner Springs puts out burning downed trees...
Newsom told 123 California prisoners they could get out early. Many remain behind bars
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhen Mary Reese received a call at the California Institution for Women in 2021, a prison official...
California to transform infamous San Quentin prison with Scandinavian ideas, rehab focus
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoGov. Gavin Newsom this week will announce plans to remake San Quentin, one of the state's most...