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Tag: justice system

Posted inCalifornia Currents

High-risk inmates aren’t prioritized in early releases

by Byrhonda Lyons, CalMatters December 12, 2020December 12, 2020

More than 7,500 prisoners sent home in the program — which aims to slow the spread of COVID-19 — would have been released within months anyway. Thousands with health conditions remain in prison, and the virus keeps spreading.

Posted inCalifornia Currents

COVID-19 infections hit record high in California prisons

by Byrhonda Lyons, CalMatters November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

California’s post-prison chaos: Thousands released early, including many with COVID-19

by Robert Lewis, CalMatters August 17, 2020August 16, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Overtime at California’s prisons swelled to almost half a billion dollars last year

by Raheem Hosseini, CalMatters August 11, 2020August 11, 2020

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