The Higher Education Act, first passed in 1965, established financial aid for college-bound students. Over time, lawmakers have changed the HEA’s provisions according to the shifting needs of students and political trends. For example, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 amended the HEA to exclude incarcerated students...
White Supremacists Charged With Directing California Prison Killings
SACRAMENTO — Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. The charges detail five slayings and accuse an attorney of helping smuggle drugs and cellphones to aid the white supremacist gang. Sixteen Aryan...
Newsom Seeks to Transform Youth Prisons
STOCKTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Tuesday to change the way California's juvenile prisons are overseen, eventually closing facilities to cut what he called the "ludicrous" cost. "If we're going to get serious about changing the trajectory of the lives of these young children, I think we need to do...
Attacks Using Bodily Fluids a Problem at California Lockups
LOS ANGELES — California prisons and jails should do more to protect guards from inmates who fling bodily fluids in so-called "gassing" attacks, according to a new report released Tuesday. The state auditor's office looked at three lockups holding a total of nearly 10,000 prisoners and identified 111 instances of...
ICE Gets More Prison Space for Immigrant Detainees
NPR is reporting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has acquired new space in federal prisons to house immigrant detainees — more than 1,600 beds. An ICE spokeswoman attributed the need for the additional beds to a "current surge in illegal border crossings" and the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance policy."...
Here's the Text of Gov. Brown's Final State of the State Speech
Gov. Jerry Brown touched on a bit of everything in his final State of the State speech delivered Thursday morning — including a spirited defense of his highly controversial "bullet train" and "Delta tunnels" projects. For the most part, Brown, 79, gave an optimistic speech. He highlighted California's booming economy,...
Here's the Text of Gov. Brown's Final State of the State Speech
Gov. Jerry Brown touched on a bit of everything in his final State of the State speech delivered Thursday morning — including a spirited defense of his highly controversial "bullet train" and "Delta tunnels" projects. For the most part, Brown, 79, gave an optimistic speech. He highlighted California's booming economy,...
From Internet Trolls to College Dropouts: Our 6 Favorite Charts of 2017
Editor’s Note: As the year comes to an end, we rounded up some of our favorite graphs and maps from archival articles The Conversation published in 2017. 1. Invisible Inequality America may be getting richer, but who’s reaping the reward? The economic gap in the U.S. has widened over the...
From Internet Trolls to College Dropouts: Our 6 Favorite Charts of 2017
Editor’s Note: As the year comes to an end, we rounded up some of our favorite graphs and maps from archival articles The Conversation published in 2017. 1. Invisible Inequality America may be getting richer, but who’s reaping the reward? The economic gap in the U.S. has widened over the...