BSCC Gives CDCR $15m For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19
(Dashboard updates daily – M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and…
(Dashboard updates daily – M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and…
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 20th – 25th) Solano County Jail reported its first positive case of…
On Friday, 35 elected prosecutors representing over 31 million people across the country issued an open letter…
by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of…
By Scott Colom and Miriam Aroni Krinsky As countless Americans take to the streets in defense of…
By Taric Mansour Incarcerated people in San Quentin are searching for answers, as overcrowding and poor operating…
On Friday, the Pretrial Justice Institute Hosted a discussion on the role of the prosecutor and sheriff…
By Metyia Phillips The Sentencing Project recently hosted a Zoom talk about current COVID-19 decarceration strategies used…
Closing jails and prisons goes beyond simply closing down a building. If done right, it means changing…
By Nancy Martinez On May 5, 2020, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts’ Seventh Congressional District published a…
Can the end result of the global pandemic threat of COVID-19 be a fairer and more equitable…
By Linh Nguyen Doctors shared knowledge on the implications of the threat of COVID-19 in jails and…
Udi Ofer is the ACLU Director of the Justice Division and Deputy National Political Director. We talked…
By Brittany Mason The Pretrial Justice Institute has changed their stance on pretrial risk assessment tools justly…
The historic drop in crime rate over the last several decades combined with the disproportionate incarceration in…
Under the proposal, localities would be incentivized to significantly decrease prison populations. By Kira Lerner Democratic Representative…