Tough-on-crime proposals and politicians won in California, Arizona, Georgia, and elsewhere across the country.

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity.

Vice President Kamala Harris frequently touted her prosecutorial bona fides on the campaign trail, probably sensing political ...

Mayors Matt Mahan of San Jose and Todd Gloria of San Diego were leading voices in support of Proposition 36. California still ...

Voters are asking elected officials for real solutions to crime, homelessness and the overdose crisis — not mass ...

California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed Proposition 36. He claims it will bring California back to the 1980s when mass ...

While many states focused on issues like abortion and immigration throughout this election cycle, voters in California and ...

The results of California’s 2024 elections are (mostly) in, and they reveal something astonishing: Californians just voted ...

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s warning that Proposition 36 would revert California to “1980s-era” policies and his urging voters ...