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How justice changed in California in 2025: Prop. 36 toughened penalties, prisons kept shrinking
ICE protest
Protesters clash with police at Metropolitan Detention Center in protest of an ICE raid earlier in the day on June 6 (J.W. HENDRICKS/CalMatters).
A year after Californians voted for a conservative shift in criminal justice policy, they began to see the results.