By: Jenni Bergal, Stateline With the latest wave of COVID-19 sweeping through the country, many...
COVID-19 & Justice
More Than 58 Percent of Kids in LA County’s Juvenile Halls Quarantined for COVID-19 Exposure, as High Numbers of Staff Continue to Test Positive
For most of December, the number of youth in quarantine due to their exposure to someone with...
DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE: CA Appeals Court Orders 50 Percent Reduction of San Quentin’s Population, While COVID Numbers Creep Up Again at Other State Prisons With Little Notice
"We spoke to a number of incarcerated people who were over the age of 60 and had a matter of weeks...
LA County Supes Poised to Make Permanent Sheriff’s Ban on Transferring People Jails to ICE Absent a Judicial Warrant
On April 24, LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced a moratorium on holding and transferring...
Supervisors Vote to Expand Data Collection in Push to “Reimagine” Justice in LA County
While the county has made important progress over the last decade to increase data collection and...
Dispatch From San Quentin: Proximity Hurts
I just found out my friend died. He contracted COVID-19 in San Quentin State Prison after a botched...