Confusing Language May Have Doomed Anti-Slavery Amendment; Lawmakers Want to Try Again
When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...
Banning Books In Prison: State Website Lists Titles Considered Inappropriate For Inmates
The list of disapproved books include such titles as: "Game of Thrones," "The Kite Runner," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Lady Gaga - Born to be Free." But most books that are banned seem to be ...
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Californians rejected an anti-slavery ballot measure, lawmakers want to try again
California’s Legislative Black Caucus and the Reparations Task Force continue their fight to scrape away at the last vestiges ...
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Alvarez case: ‘Evil killer’ sentenced to death
An appeal is automatic under state law. Diana May said the long ... Alvarez will be transferred to San Quentin Prison within 10 days and must make $75,114.16 in restitution to May’s family ...
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Season 4, Ep. 2 - Catching Up
What happens when you get out of prison after 30 years? There's a lot of celebration ... Greg gets advice from friends who also recently came home. And inside San Quentin, André Davis talks about ...
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Inside El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison
San Salvador — It takes about 90 minutes to drive from El Salvador’s capital, San Salvador, to the most notorious prison in the country. Opened in 2023, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, ...