UPDATE: As of April 3, there were twelve prisoners with COVID-19 diagnoses, triple the count...
Archive - March 2020
Here Is How California Must Protect Youth in State LockUps During the COVID-19 Crisis
Epidemiologists warn that juvenile facilities are likely to experience dangerous COVID-19 outbreaks.
As Local Officials Continue to Drop Jail Populations Due to COVID-19 Dangers, California’s Overcrowded Prisons Remain Critically at Risk
Is Governor Gavin Newsom doing enough to address the coronavirus threat to California’s...
Cities, Legislatures Learn to Govern by Conference Call
Some of the most important legislation states and cities enact to fight the coronavirus pandemic...
COVID-19 Watch: Los Angeles County Public Defenders, District Attorneys, City Attorneys & Police Unions Say Courts are Unsafe
In one Long Beach court, public defenders found that something akin to Saran wrap was covering the...
LA County Supervisors Issue Executive Order in Hope of Protecting Jails From COVID-19 Catastrophe
Late on Monday, March 23, Kathryn Barger, the Chair of Los Angeles County Supervisors, issued an...
Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order Closing Prisons and Youth Lockups to New Prisoners
California’s 35 prisons and four juvenile facilities will no longer accept new intakes, at...
With NYC Jails as a Disastrous Model, Supervisors Determined to Take Urgent Action to Protect LA’s Jails From the Onslaught of COVID-19
On March 18, Ross MacDonald, MD, chief medical officer for Rikers Island, wrote a string of furious...
First California Prisoner Tests Positive for COVID-19
UPDATE: As of Wednesday, March 25, two additional prison employees — one at California State...
George Gascón & Jackie Lacey Will Now Face Each Other in November to See Who Will Be LA County’s Next DA
As of Friday night, March 20, approximately 34,328 LA County ballots still remain to be counted...