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Tag: Prisons

The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

“Broken” nursing home oversight

Avatar by Ben Christopher April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Prosecutors feud over criminal sentencing laws

Avatar by Dan Walters February 21, 2021February 17, 2021
Sara Kruzan sits for a portrait in Coto de Caza on Jan. 14, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inJustice

Victims behind bars: Trafficking survivors still struggle despite state laws

Byrhonda Lyons by Byrhonda Lyons January 27, 2021January 26, 2021
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Will reducing criminal penalties reduce crime?

Avatar by Dan Walters January 24, 2021January 20, 2021
justice reform
Posted inMy Turn

More criminal justice reforms will create a just and safe California

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 12, 2021January 12, 2021
Demonstrators march toward the west gate entrance of San Quentin State Prison on Aug. 2, 2020. Over 700 people gathered to demand Gov. Newsom and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation do more to protect incarcerated people from COVID-19. Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group
Posted inJustice

High-risk inmates aren’t prioritized in state’s early releases

Byrhonda Lyons by Byrhonda Lyons December 11, 2020December 14, 2020
Patients at the Central Coast’s Atascadero State Hospital walk the halls in 2006. Due to COVID, patients have at times been confined to their units, but still mingle in bathrooms, the dining hall and common day rooms. Of the state’s psychiatric hospitals, Atascadero houses the largest number of mentally ill inmates from state prisons. Photo by Peggy Peattie, ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo
Posted inCoronavirus

Could California’s psych hospitals be ordered to admit inmates with COVID?

Avatar by Lee Romney November 18, 2020November 18, 2020
Tens of thousands of people incarcerated in county jails are eligible to vote under California law, but many will not cast ballots this election due to lack of information and delays receiving mail-in ballots. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/file
Posted inVotebeat

Pandemic slows legal voting from California jails

Michael Lozano by Michael Lozano and Isabella Fertel October 30, 2020October 31, 2020
prisoner release
Posted inMy Turn

How should California support prisoners released amid COVID-19?

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 23, 2020October 20, 2020
prison reform
Posted inUncategorized

COVID-19 hotspots revealed the need for prison reform and better rehabilitation

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 2, 2020September 1, 2020

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