“Let the criminals out of jail,” would be the end of any conversation. That is until Proposition 47 was introduced.
With the elections quickly approaching, it can be difficult to understand...
After years of violating human rights, California’s prison addiction has been called out by the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that California’s overcrowded prisons violated...
In an effort to comply with a federal court demand for California to reduce its prison population, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law with two plans to reduce the population size in prisons.
The...
On the surface, the debate of solitary confinement is about torture, but this is only part of a bigger issue. Are some people actually deserving of this treatment, even if it is a form of torture?
The...
Twenty years ago, our city convulsed with a tremor that could not be measured on the Richter scale. Fifty-three lives were lost, thousands were injured and property damage equaled $1 billion. The livelihoods...
Ten years ago, I did not think twice about the census. I filled it out and sent it in, no questions asked.
However, this time, I got to thinking about the logistical nightmare in attempting to count every...
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