At its core, the authority to grant reprieves is an emergency power, which is why it may be...
CA Prison Officials Announce First Coronavirus Death as Prison System Surpasses 200 Cases
An unidentified man has died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak of the virus in a...
Federal Judge Declines to Force CA Prisons to Mitigate COVID-19 Risk, Says CDCR Is Already Taking Appropriate Actions
Update: This story has been updated to reflect coronavirus cases within the CA prison system as of...
Will the CA Supreme Court Agree To Push LA Courts to Release More Kids From County Lockups Due to COVID-19 Dangers?
On Tuesday, April 14, Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law and Policy, and...
What Policing During the Pandemic Can Tell Us About Crime Rates and Arrests
Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses...
COVID-19 Arrives at CA’s Department Of Juvenile Justice As A New Report Shines a Light on DJJ’s Chronic Failures
The COVID-19-driven concern about the dangers inherent in congregate facilities like nursing...
Coronavirus Cases in State Prisons Continue to Climb, as Various Strategies Begin to Lower the Prison Population
Update: As of April 15, a total of 150 people — 69 prisoners and 81 CDCR employees —...
OP-ED: Incarcerated children must be kept safe from COVID-19
Health and justice reform in our juvenile facilities is already a human rights necessity. Now the...
New Report Says CA Voters Support Releasing Many Vulnerable People From Prison Due To COVID-19 Dangers
As of April 11, the California Department of Corrections reported that the CDCR’s COVID-19...
After the COVID-19 Release of Prisoners, Who Will Help Them?
"I spent half my life in prison—24 years, eight months and 15 days—and nothing I experienced...
With Public Defenders Urging, CA Chief Justice & State’s Judicial Council Take Big Step Toward Getting More Kids Out of Lockup During COVID-19.
When it was clear that the COVID-19 crisis was going to explode in the U.S., the push in...
CA Judicial Council Sets $0 Bail for Misdemeanors and Low-Level Felonies in Response to Coronavirus
Zero-Bail for Defendants Accused of Non-Serious Crimes On Monday, the California Judicial Council...
Second Employee at LA’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall Tests Positive for COVID-19
Now a total of two LA County Probation staff members working at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall have...
Federal 3-Judge Panel Says It Can’t Address Coronavirus Crisis in CA Prisons, But Offers Attorneys Seeking Releases a Legal Path Forward
On March 25, as coronavirus was just starting to spread within the state prison system, attorneys...
Now That A Staff Member Has COVID-19, Why Isn’t LA County Releasing More Kids From Its Youth Lockups
On Wednesday, April 1, the news broke that a detention services officer who worked at Barry J...
What Restorative Justice Can Teach Us About COVID-19 – And Ourselves.
I awaken every morning in this era of COVID-19 with a feeling of disorientation. While the pandemic...
CDCR Plans to Release as Many as 3,500 Prisoners Nearing the End of Their Sentences
UPDATE: As of April 3, there were twelve prisoners with COVID-19 diagnoses, triple the count...
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.