California

The California Experiment April 23

Who Begs To Go To Prison? California Jail Inmates

Effort to cut prison overcrowding puts some jails in crisis.

By Abbie VanSickle and Manuel Villa

Life Inside March 14

I Watched a Man Die in Prison. His Last Words Haunt Me.

“There is hardly a day that passes when I do not see his face.”

By Kenneth Capogreco

Life Inside February 21

I Was a Juror on a Murder Trial, And I Still Can’t Let It Go

“I felt an overwhelming sense of injustice. How did this happen?”

By Audrey Pischl

Life Inside January 31

Why I Quit My Prison Gang

“The whole experience, I realized, was like a strange mix between junior high school and the Roman Senate.”

By Benito Gutierrez

The California Experiment December 21, 2018

How One County Became a Lab for California’s Prison Reform

San Joaquin went all in. Now it’s a model.

By Abbie VanSickle and Manuel Villa

The California Experiment December 20, 2018

The Great California Prison Experiment

Crime is up. The mystery is why.

By Abbie VanSickle and Manuel Villa

News November 20, 2018

The Jerry Brown Way of Pardoning

Former inmates facing deportation place their hope in California's outgoing governor.

By Abbie VanSickle

News October 18, 2018

Nearly a Decade Awaiting Trial, Now Freed

Neko Wilson to be released in the first test of California’s felony murder law.

By Abbie VanSickle

Analysis August 30, 2018

So Much for The Great California Bail Celebration

The first state to abolish cash bail. Why are proponents so unhappy?

By Abbie VanSickle

The California Experiment June 27, 2018

Can It Be Murder If You Didn’t Kill Anyone?

A distinctly American legal doctrine holds getaway drivers and lookouts as responsible for a death as the actual killer. California is having second thoughts.

By Abbie VanSickle