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Apr 7, 2023 · We were all there to ring in a new era for corrections in California – the California Model. (Learn more about plans to transform criminal justice in California.) Governor Newsom announced a reimagining of thousands of square feet of space at San Quentin State Prison.
Oct 1, 2021 · California once proudly wore the badge of a tough-on-crime state. But after incarcerating more than 170,000 people at its peak in 2006, things have changed. Over the past decade, voters, legislators and governors have weighed in on policies to reduce California’s prison population, changing state laws along the way.
Aug 3, 2023 · More than 600 California inmates have been released from prison under reforms to how unwitting accomplices can be charged in killings, a state analysis found.
Nov 28, 2022 · Eight million people in California have a criminal record, and at least 225,000 will have an old conviction automatically sealed as a result of the new law, according to the Alliance for Safety...
Oct 12, 2021 · The bill requires that when an upper term is imposed, the facts underlying the circumstances must be submitted to the jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt. SB 567 is as part of this year’s criminal justice reform efforts brought forth by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena).
Oct 31, 2022 · If the goal is to make California safer, the state took a major step in the right direction last month after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed groundbreaking legislation that gives people who have been arrested or convicted of a crime a genuine chance to turn their lives around.
Sep 30, 2021 · Governor Newsom last year signed a series of bills into law initiating critical criminal justice, juvenile justice and policing reforms in California, including banning the carotid restraint, requiring the Attorney General to conduct investigations into officer-involved shootings of unarmed individuals that result in death and legislation that ...
Sep 30, 2021 · Gov. Newsom approves sweeping reforms to law enforcement in California. The changes include raising the minimum age for officers to 21 and allowing badges to be taken away for excessive force...
Sep 30, 2020 · Governor Newsom signs legislation making significant police reforms – ending the carotid restraint and requiring independent investigations of officer-involved shootings. Governor Newsom also signs bills to reform juvenile justice and probation systems to aid in rehabilitation and reentry.
Dec 31, 2021 · A California committee is recommending an end to the state's controversial 'three strikes' law and changes to lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole.
