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| A year after "Je suis Charlie", a divided France struggles |
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 By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - One year on, an anxious, fragmented France is paying tribute to the victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine, with old divisions made worse by what President Francois Hollande has called "a terrible year". The slogan "Je suis Charlie," a defiant cry of solidarity that appeared everywhere immediately after the killings, is little seen a year on. There are several Frances and they are clashing," he said, describing a France of big cities turned towards the future, a rustbelt France that feels crushed by globalisation, and a France of housing estates that feels forgotten.
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| California prison reforms have reduced inmate numbers, not costs |
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 By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In 2012, under court order to reduce prison overcrowding, California announced an ambitious criminal justice reform plan that promised not only to meet the court mandate but also to improve criminal sentencing and "save billions of dollars." Now, three years after implementing the changes, California has reduced its prison population by some 30,000 inmates, and the state is in the vanguard of a prison reform movement spreading across the country, with support from both the right and the left. The price tag for housing, feeding and caring for a prisoner in California has climbed to almost $64,000 annually, up from $49,000 five years ago. This fiscal year, despite the recent decline in inmate numbers, California's corrections budget is one of the largest ever at $10.1 billion.
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