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Santa Rita Jail Quarantines 3 Housing Units – 3 New Cases Reported – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 14, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Quarantines 3 Housing Units – 3 New Cases Reported – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

(Page 1: San Francisco County Jails, Page 2: Alameda County Jail, Page 3: Sacramento County Ja ...

(Page 1: San Francisco County Jails, Page 2: Alameda County Jail, Page 3: Sacramento County Jail) 1. Alameda County Jail (Santa Rita Jail) - Highlights On Thursday, August 13, Santa Rita Ja ...

August 14, 2020
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Incarcerated People At San Quentin Tell Harrowing Stories of COVID-19 Rampage – Protests For Better Health Conditions & More Releases – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 09, 2020
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Incarcerated People At San Quentin Tell Harrowing Stories of COVID-19 Rampage – Protests For Better Health Conditions & More Releases – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) Incarcerated Narratives As releases continue throughout the ...

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) Incarcerated Narratives As releases continue throughout the CDCR system, we hope to tell more of the individual stories of incarcerated people during this ...

August 09, 2020
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Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2020
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Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000

Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on ...

Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Thursday that it had reduced its prison population below 100,000 incarcerated people for the fi ...

August 04, 2020
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Legislation Would Allow for Decertification of Bad Cops

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2020
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Legislation Would Allow for Decertification of Bad Cops

In the last two months, we have seen people across the country take to the streets to demand an end to po ...

In the last two months, we have seen people across the country take to the streets to demand an end to police brutality and ask for accountability. However, California is one of only five states that ...

August 03, 2020
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Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup? – Weekly Highlights – COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: July 27, 2020
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Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup? – Weekly Highlights – COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Larkin White & Nikki Suzani Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes Two staff members at Sant ...

By Larkin White & Nikki Suzani Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes Two staff members at Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) died this weekend as the jail battles a serious COVID-19 outbreak. They are t ...

July 27, 2020
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A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR’s San Quentin – May to July 2020

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|Date: July 27, 2020
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A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR’s San Quentin – May to July 2020

By Nikki Suzani, Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR (Focus on Sa ...

By Nikki Suzani, Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR (Focus on San Quentin) - Testing, Cases, Releases (May 2020 - July 2020) May 30th 2020: Chico Transfer 121 ...

July 27, 2020
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Board of State and Community Corrections Gives CDCR $15 Million For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19 – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

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|Date: July 26, 2020
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Board of State and Community Corrections Gives CDCR $15 Million For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19 – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

(Dashboard updates daily - M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COV ...

(Dashboard updates daily - M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of July 24, there are a total of 7,481 confirmed COVID-19 cases in ...

July 26, 2020
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California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons

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|Date: July 22, 2020
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California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons

By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of ...

By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of Los Angeles, advocated for the expansion of cell phones in California state prisons in a video ...

July 22, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentence ...

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentences. On Monday, Senator Scott Wiener along with co-sponsor Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo announc ...

July 21, 2020
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This Week’s COVID-19 Timeline in State Prisons: 8,000 to be Released – Too Little, Too Late?

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 12, 2020
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This Week’s COVID-19 Timeline in State Prisons: 8,000 to be Released – Too Little, Too Late?

By Bella Mettag SAN FRANCISCO – As COVID-19 cases and death tolls continue to rise within state correctio ...

By Bella Mettag SAN FRANCISCO – As COVID-19 cases and death tolls continue to rise within state correctional facilities, the call for widespread release has grown—Friday, Gov. Newsom announced the rel ...

July 12, 2020
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Medical Expert Calls for Immediate Decarceration of San Quentin Prisoners

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|Date: July 02, 2020
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Medical Expert Calls for Immediate Decarceration of San Quentin Prisoners

By Taric Mansour Incarcerated people in San Quentin are searching for answers, as overcrowding and poor o ...

By Taric Mansour Incarcerated people in San Quentin are searching for answers, as overcrowding and poor operating conditions continue to increase the risk of contracting the coronavirus. In response t ...

July 02, 2020
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Police Records Made Public and 911 Calls Diverted: 2 Newly Proposed Bills Could Change California Policing Permanently

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|Date: June 30, 2020
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Police Records Made Public and 911 Calls Diverted: 2 Newly Proposed Bills Could Change California Policing Permanently

By Mella Bettag SACRAMENTO- The California State Senate Monday introduced two new police reform bills tha ...

By Mella Bettag SACRAMENTO- The California State Senate Monday introduced two new police reform bills that could change the face of state law enforcement. The first measure would increase public acces ...

June 30, 2020
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Senate Committee OKs New CA Measure to Prohibit ‘Snitch’ Testimony at Parole Hearings

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 20, 2020
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Senate Committee OKs New CA Measure to Prohibit ‘Snitch’ Testimony at Parole Hearings

By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – A prison “snitch” would no longer be able to testify in parole hearings, ac ...

By Ayanna Gandhi SACRAMENTO – A prison “snitch” would no longer be able to testify in parole hearings, according to a measure, authored by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D), approved by the Senate Public Safety ...

June 20, 2020
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Capitol Bill Would Classify Racist 911 Calls as ‘Hate Crime’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 18, 2020
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Capitol Bill Would Classify Racist 911 Calls as ‘Hate Crime’

Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Legislation has been introduced here that would “impose serious consequences” ...

Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Legislation has been introduced here that would “impose serious consequences” on those who make 911 calls “motivated by hate and bigotry.” The bill was written after incide ...

June 18, 2020
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Senator Skinner Announces Bill to Raise the Age to be Tried as an Adult

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|Date: January 29, 2020
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Senator Skinner Announces Bill to Raise the Age to be Tried as an Adult

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced today Senate Bill 889, ...

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced today Senate Bill 889, which would raise the age at which young people in California are automatically tried as adult ...

January 29, 2020
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California Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement; Newsom To Make First Appointment

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 16, 2020
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California Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement; Newsom To Make First Appointment

By Danielle Silva On January 15, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced he will be stepp ...

By Danielle Silva On January 15, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced he will be stepping down on August 31, which provides Governor Gavin Newsom his first court vacancy to fill. Ju ...

January 16, 2020
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Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

By Danielle Silva Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 million budget increase for 2020-2021 and $3.5 ...

By Danielle Silva Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 million budget increase for 2020-2021 and $3.5 million annually thereafter for the Office of the State Public Defender (OSPD) after a lawsuit ...

January 14, 2020
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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

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|Date: January 14, 2020
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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following state ...

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following statement today on the public safety proposals in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020-21 budget: “As chair of t ...

January 14, 2020
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Private Prison Group Sues California over New Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2020
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Private Prison Group Sues California over New Law

On Monday, a Florida corporation, GEO Group, filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging AB 32, a new la ...

On Monday, a Florida corporation, GEO Group, filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging AB 32, a new law that would take effect today banning new private prison contracts. The lawsuit, represented b ...

January 01, 2020
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SB 1437 Ruled Constitutional by Appellate Court

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: November 20, 2019
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SB 1437 Ruled Constitutional by Appellate Court

By Danielle Eden C. Silva The Fourth District Court of Appeals, Division One Court of California, determi ...

By Danielle Eden C. Silva The Fourth District Court of Appeals, Division One Court of California, determined that SB 1437 was constitutional in light of arguments relating to voter initiatives, the se ...

November 20, 2019
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