Getting inside the Department of Juvenile Justice
Michael Minor is chief deputy secretary of the Division of Juvenile Justice at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It’s his job to help shape the future for this department...
View ArticlePrison Realignment & Public Safety: Interview with Matthew Cate
Thirty years ago, the state spent three percent of its general fund dollars on corrections and prisons. Today it spends more than 11 percent – that’s $10» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleServing time on the fire line
It’s summer in California, which means fire season is in full force – and it could be the worst one in years. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, better known as CAL FIRE,...
View ArticleGo inside the prison that houses Charles Manson
It’s early. About 5 in the morning and I’m heading south on Highway 5 toward Corcoran, a farming town of about 24,000 people. However, that population» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleCDCR responds to parole criticism
Last week, we aired a commentary by Richard Gilliam, who is an inmate at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo. We asked the California» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBehind the walls of California's most restricted cells
This story was the first of a six-part series following Nancy Mullane in her efforts to increase media access to prisons. It first aired in October 2012.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleDispatches from the Inside: An interview with inmate Richard Gilliam
For over a year, inmate Richard Gilliam has regularly sent us dispatches from prison as part of our Dispatches from the Inside series, to give us a lens» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleCalifornia prison hunger strike continues
Tensions remain high in the California prison system. A hunger strike that started two and a half weeks ago is ongoing, with more than 700 inmates in ten» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleWill prison arts programs make a comeback in California?
On a breezy summer day at San Quentin State Prison, inmate Paul Stauffer reads his writing to a live audience. “My shoulders brush the sides of the...» E-Mail This
View Article99% Invisible: An Architect's Code
Lawyers have an ethics code. Journalists have an ethics code. Architects do, too. According to Ethical Standard 1.4 of the American Institute of...» E-Mail This
View ArticleAn antidote to time served: Alameda County’s Operation My Hometown
Arthur Streeter is taking me to meet an inmate who’s going to be released from jail today. “So we’re going to pick him up and get something to eat,”...» E-Mail This
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