Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...

Medical parole is reserved for the sliver of California’s 90,000 prisoners who have a “significant and permanent condition” ...

Prisoners who qualify — excluding inmates sentenced to death or life without parole — can be placed in a community health ...

Shasta County law enforcement officials are mapping ways to prevent offenders from continuing their time behind bars.

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