As students in the Rising Scholars Network’s weekly meeting asked a virtual attendee to unmute themselves over Zoom, someone joked, “Do we have to ‘press 5’ to accept the call?” It was a lighthearted ...
Looking to apply for the highest paying state jobs in California? In 2025, the 10 highest paid state employees in the Golden State were executives at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a special place in his heart for prisoners. Here, despite the disease that would take his life three years later, on Jan. 21, 2023, he made his customary annual visit to the ...
Mr. Sittenfeld is a freelance writer working on a memoir. On my second day into my 16-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Ashland, Ky., I surprised myself by doing something that ...
Indiana State Prison has seen more suicides than any prison in the state. Nearly all of the mental health employees at the prison left within weeks, even days, of each other. The former employees said ...
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended closing the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad to help California reduce its corrections spending. Andrew Kuhn [email protected] ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing blowback after unveiling a new $239 million rehabilitation center at the infamous San Quentin prison — complete with a cafe and sweeping views of San Francisco ...
Prison healthcare contractor YesCare didn’t make required payments under a $75 million settlement to resolve the bankruptcy of its former affiliate Tehum Care Services, opening the door again to ...