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Cayla Mihalovich

Cayla Mihalovich is a justice reporter for CalMatters. She is a California Local News fellow and a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, where she studied investigative reporting and audio storytelling. She has covered reparations, aging and incarceration for outlets including KQED, The Oaklandside, Oakland North, and others.

Cayla's Latest Articles

An inmate at San Quentin State Prison on March 17, 2023. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
California shrank prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that’s working
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California State News
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September 26, 2025

Several new California laws gave incarcerated people a second chance at freedom. A new report provides the first in-depth look at how they’re working.

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