A Visual Storyline Of COVID-19 Across CDCR Facilities – Trends In Cases & Testing
By Julietta Bisharyan & Nick Gardner This visualization is created by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism…
Families of Those Who Died of COVID-19 in San Quentin File Wrongful Death Lawsuits; Outbreak in Folsom State Prison Continues
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives In an excerpt shared with The Marshall Project,…
California Black Caucus Criticizes Correctional Officers’ Video Targeting Committee Chair
By Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO – The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) has sharply criticized a video issued…
Santa Rita Jail Population Peaks After Labor Day Weekend; Officials Report Only One COVID-19 Case in Custody – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CA Jails
By Linh Nguyen Overview Last week, Santa Rita Jail saw a population spike over Labor Day…
Opposition to Prop 20 Increases; Opponents Charge It’s a Step Backward for CA
By Susana Jurado Opposition to Proposition 20 is receiving quite a bit of attention after several…
CA Governor Signs Bill Ending Discrimination against Young LGBTQ on Sex Offender Registry
By Linh Nguyen SACRAMENTO – Despite public opposition and misinformation, Governor Newsom has signed into law Senate…
Incarcerated Narratives Detail Harrowing Experiences during COVID-19; Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Firefighters to Pursue Careers in Fire after Prison
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN, 9 July 2020 — For the…
Quarantine Becomes Solitary Confinement at San Quentin; Two More Deaths This Week
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Lee’lannee Wade-Denard’s husband contracted COVID-19 back in July while…
CA Supreme Court Won’t Hear Black Jury Selection Bias Case
By Jose Medina LOS ANGELES – Social justice advocates maintain the George Floyd protests have magnified the…
CA Legislature OK’s Bill to Eliminate ‘Jailhouse Snitch’ Testimony in Parole Hearings
By Linhchi Nguyen STATE CAPITOL – The California Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the problematic…
Santa Clara Jail System Reduces COVID-19 Active Cases from 91 to 6 in 14-Day Period
By Linh Nguyen Over the last two weeks, the Santa Clara County jail system managed to reduce…
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Claims Jail Population is Increasing as CDCR Refuses Transfers
By Linh Nguyen Jail News At the beginning of the week, the SCU Lightning Complex Fire, burning…
San Quentin News Relaunched, Victims Raise Concerns As CDCR Continues To Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Aug. 28, there…
Incarcerated Artist Chronicles Life in San Quentin Prison During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan SAN QUENTIN –– For the past 21 years, Orlando Smith has sat in his…
Racial Discrimination Plagues Jury Selection – Blacks ‘Struck’ Much, Much More than Whites
By Linh Nguyen Decades of studies show that racial discrimination during jury selection is very much present…
Historic Bill Decreases Juvenile Legal Fees that Target Low Income Families of Color
By Danielle Eden Silva SACRAMENTO — The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill 1290, a historic bill…
Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors
By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises…
Four Testimonies From Santa Rita Jail Recount Horrible Conditions During COVID-19 – Rejected Requests for Testing, No Masks or Cleaning Supplies, Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines
By Lauren Smith and Larkin White Since May, Davis Vanguard has led an ongoing investigation into…
Death Penalty Reversed in Scott Peterson Case, but Guilt Remains
The California Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in the case of Scott Peterson…
“I’m seeing COVID-19 knock us all down in a line, just like dominoes.” – Narratives From San Quentin
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Incarcerated writer Rashaan Thomas recently shared an excerpt…
