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Commentary: The Crime Situation Is Complicated, but Overall It Is Clear the Status Quo Has Failed to Make Society Safer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2021
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Commentary: The Crime Situation Is Complicated, but Overall It Is Clear the Status Quo Has Failed to Make Society Safer

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we got the FBI Uniform Crime Report and it painted a pic ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we got the FBI Uniform Crime Report and it painted a picture we largely expected—it’s not that all crime went up in 2020. In fact, property crime whic ...

September 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, but Where Is the Will?

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|Date: September 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, but Where Is the Will?

Reducing jail, prison, and detention center populations is a critical means of fighting the spread of COV ...

Reducing jail, prison, and detention center populations is a critical means of fighting the spread of COVID-19. By Milo Inglehart Research shows that reductions in the United States incarceration rate ...

September 30, 2021
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Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Is for Everyone, but We Have to Explain Why

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|Date: September 02, 2021
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Commentary: Criminal Justice Reform Is for Everyone, but We Have to Explain Why

By Rory Fleming Everywhere one looks, it seems another reform-minded law enforcement agency is getting ha ...

By Rory Fleming Everywhere one looks, it seems another reform-minded law enforcement agency is getting hammered. Just this year, the president of the California Retailers Association blamed property c ...

September 02, 2021
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Statistics Released on Whether the Safety and Justice Challenge is Improving Local Criminal Justice Systems in U.S.

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|Date: June 24, 2021
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Statistics Released on Whether the Safety and Justice Challenge is Improving Local Criminal Justice Systems in U.S.

By Annette Wong-Toi, Natalia Claburn, Priana Aquino, Tatiana Gasca NEW YORK - The Safety and Justice Chal ...

By Annette Wong-Toi, Natalia Claburn, Priana Aquino, Tatiana Gasca NEW YORK - The Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) released a report Tuesday entitled “Jail Decarceration and Public Safety,” a resear ...

June 24, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population during the Pandemic Is a Model for the Nation

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|Date: June 15, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population during the Pandemic Is a Model for the Nation

The court-ordered victory shows that decarceration is not only possible going forward, it’s critically im ...

The court-ordered victory shows that decarceration is not only possible going forward, it’s critically important. By Corene Kendrick, Daisy Ramirez, and Somil Trivedi Last week, a state court judge in ...

June 15, 2021
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Medical, Public Health Experts Urge President-Elect Transition COVID Advisory Board to Reduce Incarcerated Populations

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|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

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

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

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|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 & Aparna Komarla Overview Approximately a week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Offi ...

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla 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 repo ...

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

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

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

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|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

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla Overview One week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported ...

By Linh Nguyen & Aparna Komarla 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 emerged. This led t ...

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

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

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; Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: September 13, 2020
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Incarcerated Narratives Detail Harrowing Experiences during COVID-19; Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison

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

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

By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning about 20 m ...

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 breathi ...

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

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

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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