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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected California's appeal of a lower-court order that could force the state to release thousands of California prison inmates before they complete their sentences.
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San Francisco's district attorney says he has a solution and is calling for changes in the law to reduce prison overcrowding.
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San Francisco's district attorney says he has a solution and is calling for changes in the law to reduce prison overcrowding.
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Gov. Brown and the four leaders of California's Legislature reached a compromise on reducing the state's prison population.
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California lawmakers are looking at ways to change the state's drug laws.
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California lawmakers are looking at ways to change the state's drug laws.
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Democrats have backed a plan to spend $200 million on rehab programs instead of renting thousands of cells.
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An Antioch man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of an acquaintance turned rival.
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ABC7 News has an exclusive look at how a state prison is helping a San Jose women's shelter that's in desperate need of funding.
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ABC7 News has an exclusive look at how a state prison is helping a San Jose women's shelter that's in desperate need of funding.
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A hunger strike at several California prisons has entered its fourth week as inmates protest the current use of isolation units.
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A hunger strike at several California prisons has entered its fourth week as inmates protest the current use of isolation units.
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Seven people were arrested during a prisoner hunger strike protest at a state building in downtown Oakland on Monday.
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Celebrities including Jay Leno and Gloria Steinem have condemned the isolation of inmates to control gang violence at California prisons.
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Thousands of California prison inmates, who have been on a hunger strike for days, are getting support from the outside.
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A convicted baby killer is about to be set free after a court reversed Governor Jerry Brown's decision to deny parole.
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A convicted baby killer is about to be set free after a court reversed Governor Jerry Brown's decision to deny parole.
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A panel of judges rejected Gov. Brown's attempt to circumvent its long-standing order for reducing Calif.'s prison population.
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Demonstrators fighting for the release of 12 prisoners have nearly completed a 700-mile protest march.
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A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a dramatic 4-alarm fire that gutted several Palo Alto businesses in 2007.
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Bay Area police say one of the reasons for the huge spike in property crime is the release of state prisoners into the community.
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Bay Area police say one of the reasons for the huge spike in property crime is the release of state prisoners into the community.
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O.J. Simpson says he was relying on the advice of his trusted attorney when he tried to reclaim mementos from his football glory days.
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A lawmaker wants change part of Jerry Brown's prison realignment law so serious drug pushers are sent to state prisons, not county jails.
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Dogs once destined to be euthanized are getting a second chance at life by helping rehabilitate prisoners.
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Two Bay Area scientists have been charged with defrauding two government agencies of over a million dollars.
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A federal judge struggled with how to gauge whether conditions for mentally ill inmates have improved enough.
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The Parks Service commemorates the 50th anniversary of the closure of the federal prison with never-before-seen images of the Rock.
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On March 21, 1963, Alcatraz was emptied of its last inmates and closed at the order of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
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An Oakland man who was exonerated after spending 14 years in prison for a sex crime he never committed says he's not angry.
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An Oakland man who was exonerated after spending 14 years in prison for a sex crime he never committed says he's not angry.
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Dozens of California inmates were released from death row in the years after a 1972 Supreme Court decision.
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An Oakland man released after serving seven years for a crime he didn't commit spoke Monday about "life on the outside."
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He was sent to prison on the testimony of a witness who lied. Nearly seven years later, Ronald Ross is a free man.
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Dozens of California inmates were released from death row in the years after a 1972 Supreme Court decision overturning the death penalty.
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An Oakland man released after serving seven years for a crime he didn't commit spoke out Monday about "life on the outside."
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He was sent to prison on the testimony of a witness who lied. Nearly seven years later, Ronald Ross is a free man.
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Gov. Brown has begun aggressively challenging the federal court system about prison inmate lawsuits that are costing the state millions.
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Two California lawmakers have introduced bills to make cutting off a GPS device a felony again with more time in state prison.
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Two California lawmakers have introduced bills to make cutting off a GPS device a felony again with more time in state prison.
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Gov. Jerry Brown is challenging a federal court order that California further reduce its inmate population to improve prison conditions.
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A former assistant manager of an Alameda Safeway store was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for murdering two men.
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Fred Woods, one of the Chowchilla kidnappers, was denied release after a lengthy parole hearing.
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Fred Woods, one of the Chowchilla kidnappers, was denied release after a lengthy parole hearing.
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The passage of Proposition 36 this week signals a new cost-conscious view of crime and punishment.
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The passage of Proposition 36 this week signals a new cost-conscious view of crime and punishment.
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Law enforcement is worried about the other part of Prop 30, a constitutional amendment that guarantees state funding for realignment.
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Law enforcement is worried about the other part of Prop 30, a constitutional amendment that guarantees state funding for realignment.
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There are 726 prisoners on death row in California and their sentences will be downgraded to "life in prison" if Proposition 34 passes.
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There are 726 prisoners on death row in California and their sentences will be downgraded to "life in prison" if Proposition 34 passes.
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