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San Francisco D.A’s New Website Tracks Arrests and Prosecutions

February 28, 2022 by Jad Salem

“SFDA filed new charges in 71.79% and took action on 84.64% of them" A new website portal was created by the San Francisco District Attorney's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, legal, San Francisco

TB Case Prompts Testing 

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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A tuberculosis case was reported at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego, prompting officials to notify and offer tests to all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, Health Care, San Diego County Jails

Newsom Fights Vaccine 

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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State officials have urged a federal judge to order all California prison guards to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  “We do really have a problem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, cdcr, COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newson, Health Care

California expands resources for newly released

January 27, 2022 by Joshua Strange

California has just launched the nation’s first statewide coordinated effort to bolster the re-entry process, helping to support incarcerated people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, Public Services, reentry programs, REPAC

Newsom signs new law to strip badges from abusive cops

January 19, 2022 by Randy Hansen

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that might strip the badges of police officers who act criminally or with bias. It was one of several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted Tagged With: California, Law enforcement, police misconduct

Newsom focuses on California’s homeless epidemic

January 17, 2022 by Joshua Grant

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently focused attention on California’s growing crisis of unhoused residents and signed new legislation aimed at getting them the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, Governor Gavin Newson, Homelessness

CA eases gang-related sentence enhancements

January 14, 2022 by Brandon T. Genest

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill restricting gang enhancements in sentencing, the Associated Press (AP) reported. This bill is the latest in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, gang members, Gang Violence, Juvenile Justice, legal, Youth Offender

Private SoCal prison remains open despite ban

January 13, 2022 by George Franco

A for-profit GEO Group private prison is attempting to keep its federal lockup operating despite President Joe Biden’s executive order to shut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: California, ICE, Immigration, privately operated facilities

CA Legislature considers expansion of resentencing law

October 30, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

The California Legislature’s 2021-2022 Regular Session is currently considering several bills which, if passed, would change resentencing procedures.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL Tagged With: California, legal, life sentence

Ending slave labor in California prisons

September 23, 2021 by Steve Brooks

Incarcerated workers may soon have a reason to celebrate Labor Day as a lawmaker’s work to remove the last vestiges of slavery from California’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Most Read Tagged With: California, constitutional rights, legal

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