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Author Archives: Nigel Duara

Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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Gavin Newsom se moviliza para cerrar 4 prisiones de California. ¿Cuántos más puede clausurar?

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
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Gavin Newsom moved to close 4 California prisons. How many more can he shut?

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara February 23, 2023February 22, 2023
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El Departamento de Justicia del Estado no ha investigado, ni siquiera registrado, todos los tiroteos policiales de personas posiblemente desarmadas

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara January 26, 2023January 26, 2023
A police officer in Sacramento on Apr. 3, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, Sipa USA via Reuters
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State Justice Department hasn’t probed — or even logged — all police shootings of possibly unarmed people

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara January 26, 2023January 26, 2023
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La ‘escasez catastrófica de personal’ golpea primero y más duro a la Policía en zonas rurales de California

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara December 14, 2022December 14, 2022
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‘Catastrophic staffing shortage’ hits California’s rural police first, and hardest

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara December 14, 2022December 13, 2022
Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Nov. 15, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
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Un destacado experto en prisiones analiza el ‘desastre’ de California y cómo solucionarlo

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara December 2, 2022December 2, 2022
Kern Valley State Prison in Delano on Nov. 15, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
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A top prison expert on the California ‘disaster’ and how to salvage it

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara December 2, 2022December 1, 2022
Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock
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Fatal shootings: California’s bid to police its police is lagging

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara November 10, 2022November 9, 2022
A solitary confinement cell at the Main Jail in San Jose on Dec. 16, 2019. Ben Margot, AP Photo
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A veto for the ‘Mandela’ bill that sought to limit solitary confinement in California

Avatar photo by Nigel Duara September 26, 2022September 30, 2022

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