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California Sent $8 Billion to Counties to Improve Jails and Services but Failed to Track the Money, Says Auditor

The audit, requested following a surge of jail deaths reported on by The Sacramento Bee and ProPublica, found that county and state officials failed to adequately account for billions in spending.

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California Takes a First Step Toward Improving Its Failing County Jails

After an investigation by McClatchy and ProPublica, a state oversight agency is proposing tougher scrutiny and consequences for dangerous conditions in California’s county jails.

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California Governor’s Budget Makes Stronger Jail Oversight a Priority

After an investigation by McClatchy and ProPublica, Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted a budget that would give more authority to the board that oversees jails.

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How to Navigate California County Jails: A Guide for Inmates and Their Loved Ones

California’s Jails Are in a Deadly Crisis. Here’s How Experts Suggest Fixing Them.

California Gave Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Improve Jails. But That’s Not How These Sheriffs Are Spending It.

We Investigated the Crisis in California’s Jails. Now, the Governor Calls for More Oversight.

“They Want to Be Treated Like Men and Women, Not as a Subhuman”

A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves.

A Year After an Inmate Was Choked to Death in Jail, a Murder Charge but Few Details

Deadly Delays in Jail Construction Cost Lives and Dollars Across California

There Has Been an Explosion of Homicides in California’s County Jails. Here’s Why.

Cruel and Unusual: A Guide to California’s Broken Prisons and the Fight to Fix Them

California Tried to Fix Its Prisons. Now County Jails Are More Deadly.

What Do You Know About County Jails in California? Talk to Us.