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Many California prisoners can get a chance at release through expanded parole opportunities. But gaining release requires someone to demonstrate personal growth and accountability before the state Parole Board. -
Ethan Swope/AP/FR171736 APAuthorities are asking the public for tips in finding the person responsible for a shooting that killed four people at a banquet hall in Stockton. Eleven more were wounded. Faith leaders in the Stockton area planned a Sunday afternoon vigil to honor the dead and pray for the wounded.
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Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin Jr. initially pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges when they surrendered in November, but recently reached a plea deal. -
“Jail suicides are extraordinarily difficult to protect against,” a retired California sheriff said. One jail in the San Joaquin Valley is changing routines to keep inmates from harming themselves. -
A federal appeals court sided with Fresno police and sheriff’s deputies this week, concluding the emergency responders were immune from liability for the 2017 restraint-related death of a 41-year-old man who lost consciousness after telling the officers he could not breathe. -
Inspectors for the Department of Homeland Security found dangerous problems in immigration detention facilities. For years, the government fought NPR's efforts to obtain its often damning reports. -
Federal public defenders face a looming budget crisis that threatens their ability to represent indigent people accused of crimes. -
A $100 million-a-year rehabilitation program for former California prisoners grew with little oversight from the state corrections agency. It’s unclear how many parolees wind up back in prison. -
Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Charles Manson and other followers in the 1969 killings of Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary. -
As fentanyl deaths surge, lawmakers want more drug busts and arrests. But new research found tough police tactics might increase overdoses and drug deaths in communities. -
The court's unanimous ruling clarifies that state law only shields police from lawsuits in cases of wrongful prosecution. It effectively overrules a widely-used interpretation in lower courts that the law provides immunity for police conduct during investigations. -
Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.
