SF News Senate Judiciary Committee to Investigate Bureau of Prisons, and Former Dublin Wardens Specifically A Congressional investigation is looking into why a regional prisons official and former acting warden of FCI Dublin was able to rise the ranks despite a history of inmate-beating charges for which other guards got fired.
SF News California Will Now Automatically Seal Criminal Records of Many Ex-Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentences A new state law hailed as “the most expansive and comprehensive record-clearing law of its kind in the country” will seal the criminal records of everyone who’s served their time, though there are a few exceptions for sex offenders and violent felons.
SF News 41 California District Attorneys Press State to Reverse Regulations That Would Give 76,000 Inmates Early Release A coalition of district attorneys are petitioning the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to repeal new regulations that took effect May 1 that grants early release for tens of thousands of inmates in state prison for good behavior.
SF News SFist Interviews: Oakland's Malkia Cyril On '13th' And Social Media Surveillance One major theme of Selma director Ava DuVernay's powerful documentary 13th is the protean way that systems of oppression can change to cling to power. The film's name, for example, is a reference
