A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...
Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it
The suit says that for years, Dr. Scott Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women ...
Crime and Public Safety
They were prospective applicants for CCWF’s pioneering new newspaper, put together in a newsroom next door, and Vasquez told ...
California depends on prison labor to deal with climate disasters—Canada must avoid a similar model
As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...
Los Angeles Times3d
Witness says he killed for the Aryan Brotherhood, divulges secrets of L.A.’s underworld
“I’ve grown up in the California prison system,” he said. “Those dudes are considered gods in that world.” When Field left prison in December 2021, he knew it was only a matter of time ...
Davis Vanguard8d
California Dreamin: Juggling Purpose, Transformation, and Life without the Possibility of Parole
I’m Logan Swank, inmate AZ3143, convicted at twenty years old of 187(a) and sentenced to serve life without the possibility ...
Sacramento Bee3d
Women sue prison gynecologist over ‘horrific, sadistic’ exams, sexual abuse in California
The California Department of Corrections and ... their complaints of Dr. Lee has furthered their distrust in the prison medical system; the effects of this failure are long lasting,” Nomura ...