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California agrees to $1.9 million settlement in prison use-of-force case

California will pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging corrections officers used excessive force, batons and chemical agents.
The Daily Signal

Trump DOJ Cracks Down on States Housing Biological Men in Women’s Prisons

Fred Lucas is chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal. He is the author of “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean Elections.” Send an email to Fred. The Justice Department ...
The Appeal

California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.
Yahoo

Some say California prisons should have more single-cell units

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and toilet. Any little thing can erupt into a source of ...