blog post Uncertain Fate Awaits Prison Worker Vaccine Mandate By Heather Harris, Joseph Hayes Oct 28, 2021 Oct 28, 2021 ... As the battle over mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for prison workers unfolds, the well-being of prisoners, prison staff, ...
Report Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California By Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, Renee Hsia Oct 26, 2021 Nearly 200 Californians die each year in police encounters. Amid growing concern over civilian deaths and racial injustice, we examine what the existing ...
blog post California Jails and COVID-19 By Heather Harris, Joseph Hayes Aug 11, 2021 Aug 11, 2021 ... Likewise, only two county jail populations are currently over capacity, compared to ten before the pandemic. As a result, fewer inmates live in ...
blog post The Past, Present, and Future of COVID-19 in California Prisons By Heather Harris, Joseph Hayes Jul 15, 2021 Jul 15, 2021 ... In total, nearly 50,000 prisoners have contracted the virus and 227 have died. Although most prisoners are now vaccinated, vaccination rates ...
blog post New Bail Ruling Could Affect Tens of Thousands of Californians By Vicki Hsieh, Heather Harris Apr 13, 2021 Apr 13, 2021 ... ... San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties suggests that between 15% and 59% of unsentenced jail inmates—currently between 7,000 and 28,000 ...
blog post California’s Prison Population Drops Sharply, but Overcrowding Still Threatens Prisoner Health By Heather Harris Mar 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 ... By December 2020, approximately 7,000 jail inmates were awaiting transfer to prison at daily cost to the state of $94 per inmate—and an ...
Fact Sheet Law Enforcement Staffing in California By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Feb 8, 2021 Following a year of mass protests against racial injustice and police brutality, Californians share national concerns about policing.
Fact Sheet California’s County Jails By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Feb 8, 2021 In addition, the state prison system has not allowed transfers of jail inmates with prison sentences throughout most of the pandemic, requiring these inmates to ...
blog post What Can California Prisons Do When Wildfires Close In? By Heather Harris, Alexandria Gumbs, Joseph Hayes Nov 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 ... In California, 24 prisons housing more than 65,000 inmates sit within five miles of fire hazard zones. Evacuating one or more prisons may ...
blog post Rising Jail Populations Mean Rising COVID-19 Infections By Heather Harris Oct 19, 2020 Oct 19, 2020 ... Jail-borne infections potentially can spread to local communities because most admitted inmates are released within a few days—long enough ...