incarceration

Go inside the prison that houses Charles Manson

Nancy Mullane — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:21:04 +0000

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 count is misleading. About half of the people living in Corcoran are locked up in two of the state’s largest prisons just south of downtown.

How incarceration affects families: Interview with Lateefah Simon

Rina Palta — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:03:06 +0000

Nationally, women are the fastest growing prison population. And one of the highest female prison populations in the world is here in California. That's slated to change under the state's new realignment program. The number of women in prison is supposed to shrink drastically, by as much as half, over the next few years.

Today on Your Call: Can diverse groups join to reform prisons?

Ali Budner — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:33:53 +0000

Can people from different political backgrounds come together to work for prison reform? On today's Your Call, we'll have a conversation about various efforts to reform the prison system in the US. Today, 2.3 million prisoners are in US jails, costing more than $44 billion. In California, more money is spent on prisons than education. What will it take to reform the system? How are groups with different political backgrounds joining forces? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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