California lawmakers are pushing to create more oversight at women's prisons, which face thousands of sexual misconduct and ...

Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...

Prisoners who qualify — excluding inmates sentenced to death or life without parole — can be placed in a community health ...

A new budget request would allow the Office of the Inspector General to monitor 350 of an estimated 2,400 staff sexual ...

A new budget proposal would add 20 positions to investigate sex assault claims at California's women's prisons.

Xavier Mascareñas [email protected] Members of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus introduced a slate of bills to reform women’s prisons in California on Thursday morning ...

A culture of abuse at California women’s prisons The U.S. Department of Justice announced in September it was launching an investigation into whether or not the California corrections department ...