California's prison health workers are among the best-paid public employees. Why are so many jobs vacant?

California spent hundreds of millions on prison and hospital healthcare staff, auditors found, but vacancy rates rose since ...

Audit shows California state hospitals, prisons rely on costly contract labor amid soaring staff vacancies

California's essential health care facilities are wasting money on expensive contract labor amid chronic staffing shortages, ...
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New push for California prison reform aims to unite advocates, survivors, state officials

A DIVERSE GROUP of organizations working toward prison reform came together for a discussion about building coalitions, power ...

As California prisons face ‘wave’ of sex assault lawsuits, new audit highlights slow discipline

A new audit from the California state prisons’ inspector general found that five correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years ...
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CA corrections officials halt prison visits on spike in inmate, staff attacks

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

Newsom Closed 4 Prisons and Trimmed Payroll. Corrections Spending is Still Over Budget

By Cayla Mihalovich, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Some of the red ink in California’s budget deficit is coming from unplanned spending […] ...

Banned: California prisoners can’t read book by former inmate

The banned book is “What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection,” by Dorsey Nunn and co-author Lee ...

CA prison staff didn’t stop murder, posted grisly footage online, lawsuit claims

Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.