Judge Considers Solitary Confinement For Mentally Ill PrisonersDecember 19, 2013Hearings are being held on the last of four challenges to how California treats mentally ill prisoners.
Judges Extend Deadline To Reduce Calif. Prison OvercrowdingDecember 11, 2013 | Katie OrrCalifornia has been given a bit more time to negotiate with plaintiffs in a lawsuit over prison overcrowding.
Judge Orders Calif. To Improve Care For Mentally Ill On Death RowDecember 11, 2013A federal judged ruled that California needs to improve its treatment of mentally ill inmates on death row, but gave state officials flexibility on how to solve the issue.
PPIC Study Finds Possible Fallout From RealignmentDecember 10, 2013 | Katie OrrA new study reveals some possible negative fallout from California’s two-year-old realignment policy.
California Taking New Approach to Reducing RecidivismNovember 20, 2013 | Katie OrrCalifornia is taking new steps to keep former prison inmates from re-offending and going back in prison. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Begins Transferring Inmates to Private PrisonsOctober 28, 2013 | Katie OrrCalifornia is beginning to transfer inmates out of its state prisons. The transfers are part of a court-mandated plan to reduce overcrowding in state prisons Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Gets More Time to Address Prison OvercrowdingOctober 21, 2013 | Katie Orr California is getting a little more time to address prison overcrowding. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
US Supreme Court Rejects Brown's Prison AppealOctober 15, 2013 | Katie OrrGovernor Jerry Brown has been turned down by the US Supreme Court once again. He won’t get a hearing on a federal order to reduce prison overcrowding in the state. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Examines Whether SHUs Are WorkingOctober 15, 2013 | Katie OrrCalifornia’s prison system uses Security Housing Units as a way to isolate alleged gang members from the general inmate population. But gangs remain a problem in prisons and the outcry over the extended use of solitary confinement is growing. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
A Look Inside the Pelican Bay SHUOctober 14, 2013 | Katie OrrImagine spending 22 hours a day locked in a small, concrete room. That’s daily life for about four-thousand California prisons inmates. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
