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Guest Commentary: COVID-19 Is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated

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|Date: March 14, 2023
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Guest Commentary: COVID-19 Is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated

Mass incarceration created a foreseeable disaster. By Nancy Rosenbloom The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, ...

Mass incarceration created a foreseeable disaster. By Nancy Rosenbloom The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, especially not for people who are incarcerated. The ACLU, our clients, and our allies predicte ...

March 14, 2023
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Proposed State Senate Bill Would Reopen News Media Access to California Prisons

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|Date: February 02, 2023
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Proposed State Senate Bill Would Reopen News Media Access to California Prisons

By Ivan Villegas, Vaiva Utaraite and Belen Avelar SACRAMENTO, CA - New legislation was introduced this we ...

By Ivan Villegas, Vaiva Utaraite and Belen Avelar SACRAMENTO, CA - New legislation was introduced this week at the State Capitol that would reopen access to California correctional facilities to the n ...

February 02, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

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|Date: July 31, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday’s column pointed out that, since the 1970s, funding prio ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday’s column pointed out that, since the 1970s, funding priorities have shifted away from higher education and toward funding prisons. One piece of data th ...

July 31, 2022
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Looking Back: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison

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|Date: September 12, 2021
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Looking Back: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

September 12, 2021
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Devastating Snow Storm Hits Incarcerated Texans Hard

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|Date: March 05, 2021
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Devastating Snow Storm Hits Incarcerated Texans Hard

By Kritika Singh TEXAS — As a violent winter storm ripped through Texas in mid-February, widespread disru ...

By Kritika Singh TEXAS — As a violent winter storm ripped through Texas in mid-February, widespread disruptions to power grids and water systems left incarcerated individuals across the state without ...

March 05, 2021
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ICE ‘Illegal’ Practice of Using De Facto Bounty Hunters to Hunt Down Immigrants Focus of Lawsuit Filed Today by ACLU, Asian Law Caucus

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|Date: February 22, 2021
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ICE ‘Illegal’ Practice of Using De Facto Bounty Hunters to Hunt Down Immigrants Focus of Lawsuit Filed Today by ACLU, Asian Law Caucus

LOS ANGELES — Private contractors, acting as de facto bounty hunters for the U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

LOS ANGELES — Private contractors, acting as de facto bounty hunters for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest people at jails and prison, are the focus of a federal civil right ...

February 22, 2021
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Groups Protest, Arguing that CDCR Has Taken Inadequate Steps to Reduce COVID Threat in Prisons

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2020
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Groups Protest, Arguing that CDCR Has Taken Inadequate Steps to Reduce COVID Threat in Prisons

by David M. Greenwald On Wednesday, the Essie Justice Group, a nonprofit organization of women with incar ...

by David M. Greenwald On Wednesday, the Essie Justice Group, a nonprofit organization of women with incarcerated loved ones, held a caravan event, attempting to draw attention to the COVID spike aroun ...

November 19, 2020
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Jailed Immigration Law Lawyers Charge ‘Retaliation,’ Extralegal Treatment at Gov Home Protest

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: July 29, 2020
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Jailed Immigration Law Lawyers Charge ‘Retaliation,’ Extralegal Treatment at Gov Home Protest

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Fourteen people – nine of them immi ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Fourteen people – nine of them immigration law attorneys – were not only arrested Monday at CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Fair Oaks mansi ...

July 29, 2020
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ACLU Claims Prison Population Change during COVID-19 Does Not Result in High Crime Rates

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|Date: July 29, 2020
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ACLU Claims Prison Population Change during COVID-19 Does Not Result in High Crime Rates

By Shellsea Lomeli The ACLU’s latest study explores the relationship between incarceration and crime in c ...

By Shellsea Lomeli The ACLU’s latest study explores the relationship between incarceration and crime in communities, determining that the reduction of jail populations during COVID-19 did not correlat ...

July 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Voices Warning Trump about COVID-19 in Prisons Are Growing Louder

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|Date: April 04, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Voices Warning Trump about COVID-19 in Prisons Are Growing Louder

There are no good reasons for the president to keep vulnerable people behind bars any longer. By Jay Will ...

There are no good reasons for the president to keep vulnerable people behind bars any longer. By Jay Willis In the weeks before the United States became the global leader in confirmed cases of COVID-1 ...

April 04, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Public Health Doctor and Head of Corrections Both Believe People Must Be Released from Jails and Prisons

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|Date: March 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Public Health Doctor and Head of Corrections Both Believe People Must Be Released from Jails and Prisons

Decisive action by governors and the President now can save lives -- of incarcerated people, correctional ...

Decisive action by governors and the President now can save lives -- of incarcerated people, correctional and medical personnel, and nearby community members. Business as usual will not. By Brie Willi ...

March 28, 2020
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“Prisons Are Known Incubators and Amplifiers of Disease,” Making It a High Risk Area for the COVID-19 Pandemic

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|Date: March 15, 2020
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“Prisons Are Known Incubators and Amplifiers of Disease,” Making It a High Risk Area for the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Danielle Silva DAVIS - Multiple speakers at a Justice Collaborative webinar called for individuals to ...

By Danielle Silva DAVIS - Multiple speakers at a Justice Collaborative webinar called for individuals to be released due to prisons being “known incubators and amplifiers of disease.” The Justice Coll ...

March 15, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Involuntary Commitment a Good Solution or Asking For Trouble?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Involuntary Commitment a Good Solution or Asking For Trouble?

The frustration over the homeless problem has led some to advocate for going back to the idea of involunt ...

The frustration over the homeless problem has led some to advocate for going back to the idea of involuntary commitment. This is an idea pushed for by the president, who has advocated creating govern ...

January 19, 2020
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What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners

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|Date: January 14, 2019
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What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners

By Daniel McGowan Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “G ...

By Daniel McGowan Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “Government shutdown: Federal inmates feast on Cornish hens, steak as prison guards labor without ...

January 14, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Will the Rubric Be Helpful or Harmful to City’s Ability to Produce Housing?

Parents Stripped of Custody by California Family Courts File Federal Lawsuit

Looking Back: President Obama and Wrongful Convictions

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Fear in Prison

Kansas Police Chief Suspended after Raid on Newspaper Investigating ‘Circumstances’ of Chief’s Former Employment

Report about Racialized Legacy of Misdemeanors Reveals ‘Overwhelming Numbers of Black and Brown People in Modern-Day Shackles’

COURT WATCH: Judge Dismisses Charges, Finds Police Violated 4th Amendment Rights of Accused

Guest Commentary: The Impact of Recent Happenings on a Transgender Adult Living in Davis

Statement by Moms for Liberty on the Bomb Threats

Guest Commentary: As a New Term Begins, Where Does the Supreme Court Stand on Criminal Justice?

Guest Commentary: COVID-19 Is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated

Guest Commentary: COVID-19 Is Not Over for People Who Are Incarcerated

Proposed State Senate Bill Would Reopen News Media Access to California Prisons

Proposed State Senate Bill Would Reopen News Media Access to California Prisons

Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

Looking Back: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison

Looking Back: Reflections on Christmas and New Year’s in Prison

Devastating Snow Storm Hits Incarcerated Texans Hard

Devastating Snow Storm Hits Incarcerated Texans Hard

ICE ‘Illegal’ Practice of Using De Facto Bounty Hunters to Hunt Down Immigrants Focus of Lawsuit Filed Today by ACLU, Asian Law Caucus

ICE ‘Illegal’ Practice of Using De Facto Bounty Hunters to Hunt Down Immigrants Focus of Lawsuit Filed Today by ACLU, Asian Law Caucus

Groups Protest, Arguing that CDCR Has Taken Inadequate Steps to Reduce COVID Threat in Prisons

Groups Protest, Arguing that CDCR Has Taken Inadequate Steps to Reduce COVID Threat in Prisons

Jailed Immigration Law Lawyers Charge ‘Retaliation,’ Extralegal Treatment at Gov Home Protest

Jailed Immigration Law Lawyers Charge ‘Retaliation,’ Extralegal Treatment at Gov Home Protest

ACLU Claims Prison Population Change during COVID-19 Does Not Result in High Crime Rates

ACLU Claims Prison Population Change during COVID-19 Does Not Result in High Crime Rates

Guest Commentary: Voices Warning Trump about COVID-19 in Prisons Are Growing Louder

Guest Commentary: Voices Warning Trump about COVID-19 in Prisons Are Growing Louder

Guest Commentary: Public Health Doctor and Head of Corrections Both Believe People Must Be Released from Jails and Prisons

Guest Commentary: Public Health Doctor and Head of Corrections Both Believe People Must Be Released from Jails and Prisons

“Prisons Are Known Incubators and Amplifiers of Disease,” Making It a High Risk Area for the COVID-19 Pandemic

“Prisons Are Known Incubators and Amplifiers of Disease,” Making It a High Risk Area for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sunday Commentary: Involuntary Commitment a Good Solution or Asking For Trouble?

Sunday Commentary: Involuntary Commitment a Good Solution or Asking For Trouble?

What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners

What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners

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