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Medical, Public Health Experts Urge President-Elect Transition COVID Advisory Board to Reduce Incarcerated Populations

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|Date: December 05, 2020
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Medical, Public Health Experts Urge President-Elect Transition COVID Advisory Board to Reduce Incarcerated Populations

By Carlin Ross WASHINGTON D.C. – Two-hundred experts in the medical and public health community sent a le ...

By Carlin Ross WASHINGTON D.C. – Two-hundred experts in the medical and public health community sent a letter to President-elect Biden and the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board this week, recommendin ...

December 05, 2020
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“People have lives. Picking up and moving affects people” – San Quentin Residents on COVID-19 Related Transfers – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: November 09, 2020
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“People have lives. Picking up and moving affects people” – San Quentin Residents on COVID-19 Related Transfers – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), t ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives At San Quentin State Prison (SQ), the novel coronavirus has now claimed the lives of 28 incarcerated individuals, including one co ...

November 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Takes Another Big, Messy Step Forward in 2020 Elections

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|Date: November 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Takes Another Big, Messy Step Forward in 2020 Elections

By Taylor Pendergrass Criminal justice reform was a key issue in Tuesday night’s elections, from the pres ...

By Taylor Pendergrass Criminal justice reform was a key issue in Tuesday night’s elections, from the presidential race all the way down to municipal ballot initiatives. One exciting indication of just ...

November 09, 2020
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What Does Ethical COVID-19 Medical Isolation Look Like? AMEND @ UCSF Highlights Necessary Reforms to Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

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|Date: October 13, 2020
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What Does Ethical COVID-19 Medical Isolation Look Like? AMEND @ UCSF Highlights Necessary Reforms to Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

By Lauren Smith Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, prisons and jails across California have served as pet ...

By Lauren Smith Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, prisons and jails across California have served as petri dishes for the disease. The CDC advises medical isolation/quarantine for those who test posi ...

October 13, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Does Not Administer or Recommend COVID-19 Testing Prior to Quarantine Release

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 05, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Does Not Administer or Recommend COVID-19 Testing Prior to Quarantine Release

By Linh Nguyen Overview Approximately a week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported its th ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview Approximately a week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported its third COVID-19 outbreak at Santa Rita Jail, 16 of the 18 active cases were reportedly resolved in ...

October 05, 2020
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First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against San Quentin; Hearing In Habeas Case To Release 50% Of CDCR Population Underway – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 05, 2020
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First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against San Quentin; Hearing In Habeas Case To Release 50% Of CDCR Population Underway – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The sight of his sister through the ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The sight of his sister through the barbed wire fence at Folsom State Prison was supposed to mark the end of a grueling 22-year se ...

October 05, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Admits Population Control Is Not a Priority Despite Three COVID-19 Outbreaks and Numerous Complaints

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|Date: September 28, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Admits Population Control Is Not a Priority Despite Three COVID-19 Outbreaks and Numerous Complaints

(Santa Rita Jail data on Page 3-4) By Linh Nguyen Overview One week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s ...

(Santa Rita Jail data on Page 3-4) By Linh Nguyen Overview One week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported zero cases of COVID-19 at Santa Rita Jail, an outbreak with 17 active cases em ...

September 28, 2020
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Families of Those Who Died of COVID-19 in San Quentin File Wrongful Death Lawsuits; Outbreak in Folsom State Prison Continues – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: September 20, 2020
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Families of Those Who Died of COVID-19 in San Quentin File Wrongful Death Lawsuits; Outbreak in Folsom State Prison Continues – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives In an excerpt shared with The Marsh ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives In an excerpt shared with The Marshall Project, incarcerated writer Michele Scott testifies to the conditions within the world’s l ...

September 20, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Population Peaks After Labor Day Weekend; Officials Report Only One COVID-19 Case in Custody – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: September 14, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Population Peaks After Labor Day Weekend; Officials Report Only One COVID-19 Case in Custody – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week, Santa Rita Jail saw a population spike over Labor Day Weekend, raisi ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week, Santa Rita Jail saw a population spike over Labor Day Weekend, raising the population to the highest it has been since Apr. 10 when the jail began releasing indivi ...

September 14, 2020
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Incarcerated Narratives Detail Harrowing Experiences during COVID-19; Gavin Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: September 13, 2020
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Incarcerated Narratives Detail Harrowing Experiences during COVID-19; Gavin Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN, 9 July 2020 --- For th ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN, 9 July 2020 --- For the past three days, Thanh Tran laid in a fetal position fighting off COVID-19. In Tran’s buildin ...

September 13, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Active Cases at a Standstill; Jail Population Increased by Eleven Percent Since April – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: September 07, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Active Cases at a Standstill; Jail Population Increased by Eleven Percent Since April – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week at Santa Rita Jail, two housing units under quarantine were released da ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week at Santa Rita Jail, two housing units under quarantine were released days after they began quarantine, citing negative test results for the index case. No new positiv ...

September 07, 2020
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 31, 2020
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning about 2 ...

By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning about 20 miles from Santa Rita Jail, threatened the safety of the population with smoke that made brea ...

August 31, 2020
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Incarcerated Artist Chronicles Life in San Quentin Prison During Pandemic

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 30, 2020
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Incarcerated Artist Chronicles Life in San Quentin Prison During Pandemic

By Julietta Bisharyan SAN QUENTIN –– For the past 21 years, Orlando Smith has sat in his prison cell, fil ...

By Julietta Bisharyan SAN QUENTIN –– For the past 21 years, Orlando Smith has sat in his prison cell, filling his 250-year-long sentence with art as an illustrative journalist and comic book artist. T ...

August 30, 2020
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“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 23, 2020
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“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin – Weekly Highlights from CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas recently shared an excerpt with Business Insider discussing the state of COVID-19 inside San Qu ...

August 23, 2020
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Gunnigle Primary Win Sets Up November Battle for Maricopa County Prosecutor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2020
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Gunnigle Primary Win Sets Up November Battle for Maricopa County Prosecutor

By David M. Greenwald Like many progressive prosecutors we have covered, Julie Gunnigle won easily in Aug ...

By David M. Greenwald Like many progressive prosecutors we have covered, Julie Gunnigle won easily in August in the Democratic Primary, beating out her nearest competitor by nearly a 3 to 1 margin. Bu ...

August 19, 2020
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Solano County Jail – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 10, 2020
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Solano County Jail – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Nikki Suzani Highlights (August 3rd - August 10th) Solano County Jail has no active cases in custody, ...

By Nikki Suzani Highlights (August 3rd - August 10th) Solano County Jail has no active cases in custody, but two more positive cases have been identified since last week, bringing the total to 4 cases ...

August 10, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Cover-Up – Quarantine Housing Cut Short Without Explanation, Less Than Ten Percent of Population Tested – Weekly Highlights – COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 10, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail’s COVID-19 Cover-Up – Quarantine Housing Cut Short Without Explanation, Less Than Ten Percent of Population Tested – Weekly Highlights – COVID-19 in CA Jails

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Larkin White COVID-19 in Santa Rita Jail The Alameda County Sheriff’s ...

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Larkin White COVID-19 in Santa Rita Jail The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) provided less information in their daily COVID-19 updates these last two weeks co ...

August 10, 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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Testing Rates Drastically Decrease as Positive Cases Persist in Solano County – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 04, 2020
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Testing Rates Drastically Decrease as Positive Cases Persist in Solano County – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 27th - August 3rd) Solano County Jail has one active case in the jail, a ...

By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 27th - August 3rd) Solano County Jail has one active case in the jail, and two total positive cases since testing began in June. 231 total tests were administered as o ...

August 04, 2020
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CDCR Healthcare workers to Govn. Newsom – “If CDCR does not release more than half of the prison population, stop all transfers, and follow public health guidelines, more people will die.” – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: August 03, 2020
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CDCR Healthcare workers to Govn. Newsom – “If CDCR does not release more than half of the prison population, stop all transfers, and follow public health guidelines, more people will die.” – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

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

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of July 31, there are a total of 8,096 confirmed COVID-19 cases in t ...

August 03, 2020
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