SALINAS, Calif. — Judge Rafael Vazquez sentenced Giovanni Lopez Orozco, 25, of Soledad, to six years in prison for committing one count of Lewd Act Upon a Child Under 14 Years. In addition to ...

More officers at California ‘rape club’ prison charged as sexual abuse scandal widens An official walks toward an entrance to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin in March 2024.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed closing another prison in his revised budget proposal. Newsom didn’t specify which prison could be closing, but did propose that it could happen by October 2026.

California’s community-based prison programs are proven to cut recidivism by half. Learn why funding rehabilitation is key for public safety and reentry.