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Worried about Vaccine Mandates Potentially Causing Prison Understaffing? Guess What Actually Causes Prison Understaffing: COVID-19.

January 14, 2022 / Hadar Aviram
At first glance, today’s COVID-19 numbers for California prisons appear to be a grim reprise of the two previous outbreak waves: thousands of cases, with major outbreaks in several facilities.

Omicron, Sirhan Parole Denial, Academic/Activist Exhaustion: Four Thoughts

January 14, 2022 / Hadar Aviram
Denying parole to aging, infirm people at this moment in time is… maddening. Several journalist friends called me yesterday about Gov. Newsom’s reversal of Sirhan Sirhan’s parole grant. Anyone who

Meaningful Ways to Support Animal Liberation through Criminal Law

December 29, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
Happy Return of the Light to all my readers! I hope the lengthening days and multifaith holidays of light are giving you some hope, even in the face of some

A Visit to Tulane

November 27, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
For the first time since Fall 2019, I got on a plane on Monday and flew to New Orleans; Professor Adam Feibelman very graciously invited me to participate in the

What is the CA Attorney General’s Job?

October 23, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
On July 9, 2020, the #StopSanQuentinOutbreak coalition held a press conference outside the prison gate to draw attention to the medical crisis behind bars. The five weeks that preceded the

BREAKING NEWS: Tentative Ruling in San Quentin Cases; Judge Howard Declares that CDCR Caused“the Worst Epidemiological Disaster in California Correctional History.” Appeal in Plata; Order Blocked in North Kern

October 15, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
This week has seen several important developments in the legal cases associated with COVID-19 in prisons, the most recent of which is a tentative ruling (subject to objections from the

Hallelujah! Judge Tigar Mandates Vaccination for Staff, Guards

September 27, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
Fresh off the news: Given the risk from the delta variant–already fueling a massive outbreak at North Kern – Judge Tigar has finally mandated vaccination for CDCR staff (currently, vaccine

Newsom’s Captive Supporters: COVID-19, Sirhan Parole, the Recall, and the Illusion of a Blue State

September 13, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
Tomorrow, the Californians who have not yet voted by mail will participate in yet another recall election. I’ve already spilled enough pixels explaining why I voted no, and why you

Parole News & Another Great Review of Yesterday’s Monsters

August 22, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
The COVID-19 crisis is truly driving home one of the main themes of Yesterday’s Monsters: The counterproductivity and cruelty of incarcerating aging, infirm people for interminable periods. I wrote about

The Staff Is the Problem, Contd.

August 12, 2021 / Hadar Aviram
I know I sound like a broken record, but it’s not me–it’s the news. Not only are the San Francisco Sheriff Department’s employees threatening resignation over the vaccine mandates, but