Criminal Justice

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California jails failed to monitor or report COVID data. Some didn’t even bother

Many California jails failed to track crucial pandemic data, making it difficult to gauge the effectiveness of COVID policies. There are also signs that sheriff's offices, which manage local jails, did not comply with public health mandates.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 7, 2022

正义

A top prison expert on the California ‘disaster’ and how to salvage it

The state’s prisons are no longer a world rehabilitation model, but Stockholm Prize winner Francis Cullen says the system could return to greatness.

经过 杜赞奇 • 12 月 2, 2022

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Mentally ill prisoners in California are three times likelier to get shuffled around

Newly acquired state data shows that the Corrections Department transferred patients with serious mental illnesses an average of five times over a six-year period, underscoring a CalMatters’ investigation this year that revealed the practice and raised questions about the harm it could cause.

经过 Byrhonda Lyons, 乔斯琳·维纳 和 余丽卡 • 11 月 21, 2022

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Fatal shootings: California’s bid to police its police is lagging

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minnesota at police hands, California stepped up with a plan: Put the state in charge of investigating police shootings of unarmed people. CalMatters is tracking these cases and, so far, the Justice Department is struggling to keep up.

经过 杜赞奇 • 11 月 10, 2022

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Policing the police: State off to slow start

California’s new program to police the police has produced few results so far.  That’s according to a new project from CalMatters justice reporter Nigel Duara, who is today launching the state’s most comprehensive public tracker of police shootings of unarmed civilians under investigation by the California Department of Justice. The department has opened 25 such […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 11 月 10, 2022

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Past offenders get a second chance under groundbreaking California record seal law

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill that seals certain criminal records. The new law could reduce recidivism and help millions of past offenders secure a job or housing.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 10 月 31, 2022

正义

Four justices vie to keep spots on ‘collegial’ California Supreme Court

Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, California’s highest court is more obscure and rarely issues polarizing opinions.

经过 Byrhonda Lyons • 10 月 25, 2022

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Though wage theft is a crime, few California DAs file charges for it

Some prosecutors say that may change. They are partnering with the state on more wage cases or forming special units to pursue labor abuses as crimes. A new felony law could help, they say.

经过 邝婧 和 Levi Kalish • 10 月 24, 2022

政治

What would Rob Bonta do next as California attorney general?

In an hour-long interview with CalMatters, Attorney General Rob Bonta talks about rising crime, affordable housing, concealed guns and other priorities if he wins a full term.

经过 本·克里斯托弗 • 10 月 13, 2022

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Bonta floats changing definition of violent crime

If this week is any indication, Attorney General Rob Bonta is on a mission. On Wednesday, he announced that his office would conduct an independent investigation into last year’s redistricting in the city of Los Angeles following the explosive publication of a secretly recorded meeting in which three city council members and an influential labor […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 10 月 13, 2022