California Prisons

The Guardian
View In: California PrisonsState will move those in San Quentin’s death row section to other prisons within two years, officials sayCalifornia is moving to dismantle the second-largest death row in the US, three years after the governor placed a moratorium on executions.The state will move all incarcerated people in the deat...

San José Spotlight
View In: California PrisonsSanta Clara County lawmakers are moving forward with the creation of a new jail, despite hours of testimony from residents and advocates fiercely opposed to the project. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to construct a 500-inmate maximum security jail and develop a plan for demolishing components o...

San José Spotlight
View In: California PrisonsIf we’ve learned anything during the COVID-19 crisis, it’s that—first—we should have been investing in health care and housing for everyone and—second—we can’t go back to the ways things were before. Our county has an opportunity on Tuesday to apply these lessons. The question of whether to build a ne...