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Kamala Harris Owns California’s Third World City Hellscapes

August 7, 2024 12:54 pmAugust 7, 2024 12:54 pm

“Kamala Harris called rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking with minors, and domestic violence ‘non-violent’ crimes,” California Congressman Kevin Kiley recently said on X. “As California AG, she abused her power with a false ballot description that enabled these...

Inmate Labor: ‘Slavery’ or Work Experience?

July 17, 2024 4:00 pmJuly 17, 2024 4:01 pm

CalMatters reports Wednesday morning that California voters will decide on a ballot measure in November that would change the state Constitution to ban the practice of forced labor in jails and prisons,” calling it “slavery,” just as the bill’s author...

Lawmakers ‘Just Say NO’ to Slavery in California

June 27, 2024 1:59 pmJune 27, 2024 2:01 pm

Democrats in the California Legislature voted Thursday to outlaw slavery in California. Most people think slavery was already illegal under the U.S. Constitution. But this is California. And in California, “slavery” has a different definition: Slavery in California is “forced...

U.S. Justice Department Files Injuction Against California Prison System Over Beard Policy

March 25, 2024 7:04 pmMarch 25, 2024 7:04 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division filed a request for a preliminary injunction against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, saying that a policy of...

Governor Newsom’s Early Release of Murderers is Illegal

February 16, 2024 9:53 amFebruary 16, 2024 9:53 am

On December 14, 2023, the California Board of Parole Hearings, which is under Governor Gavin Newsom’s authority, approved parole for child murderer Patrick Goodman. Goodman, a repeat felon, beat his girlfriend’s three-year-old son to death in 2000. The medical examiner...

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Report: Prop. 57 Does Not Reduce Recidivism

August 24, 2023 2:59 pmAugust 24, 2023 3:37 pm

In April, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a report suggesting that the number of inmates given early release in the year after enactment of Proposition 57, who were convicted of new crimes over the next three...

Bill To Move Convicts into Prisons Closer To Their Children Under Age 18 Signed By Gov. Newsom

July 25, 2023 11:25 amJuly 25, 2023 11:25 am

A bill to have the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) place most incarcerated parents and legal guardians of a child under the age of 18 in the correctional facility closest to the child’s home was signed into law...