State lawmakers remain in paralysis as judge threatens action This is one in a series of on-the-ground reports from clinician Jon Brand...

Audit finds low recidivism, critiques reliance on inflated Static-99 risk estimates Dan Montaldi’s words were prophetic. Speaking to ...

California has a long reputation of denying parole to all "lifers," no matter how old, sick, or demonstrably rehabilitated. Republ...

For those of you who are involved with parolees and probationers: How many times have you seen a blanket prohibition on alcohol consumption ...

It's always safer to err on the side of predicting high risk. You can never be proven wrong. If a prisoner is released, he can go out an...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld lifetime supervision of a child pornographer after he finishes serving his prison term. ...

Years ago, when he was 16, "John Doe" had consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl at a party. Now, long after he's done his tim...

One of the inmates I evaluated at San Quentin today had violated parole by missing a counseling appointment. The other had tried to beat a u...

California is the nation’s uncontested leader in criminal recidivism. We send about 7 out of 10 released prisoners back to prison within two...