In one Long Beach court, public defenders found that something akin to Saran wrap was covering the...
COVID-19 & Justice
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...
Coronavirus: Will courts continue to operate, preserving the rule of law?
"Compared to many other advanced countries, both federal and state court systems in the United...