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The Marshall Project Survey and “Programspeak”
The Marshall Project has published the results of a political survey of incarcerated people, and they are extremely interesting. In a previous installment, they refuted the widely-held belief in broad
Von Staich Review Period Extended: What Does This Mean?
As you see in the image above, the California Supreme Court has extended the 15-day review window for In re Von Staich to 90 days–until Feb. 17, 2021. This gives
New OIG Report Contains Scathing Critique of CDCR’s PPE Protocol
On August 17, the Office of the Inspector General issued a report severely criticizing CDCR for its lax gatekeeping and symptom-checking practices. Today sees the publication of a new report,
CDCR, Don’t Play Tetris with Human Lives
In her 2018 book Building the Prison State, my colleague Heather Schoenfeld provides a retrospective of the incarceration explosion in Florida. The root of the problem–the situation that facilitated the
Moving Forward Toward Relief for San Quentin Population
Yesterday’s Court of Appeal order in In re Von Staich has reverberated in the media: SF Chronicle, more SF Chronicle, ABC7, KTVU, CBS5. Today, the ramifications of Von Staich started
50% Population Reduction Order at Quentin. What Now?
Now that we’ve had a couple of hours to digest the good news about the population reduction order from In re Von Staich, it’s time to start thinking about next
Covid-19 in the criminal justice system
Von Staich Review Period Extended: What Does This Mean?
As you see in the image above, the California Supreme Court has extended the 15-day review window for In re Von Staich to 90 days–until Feb. 17, 2021. This gives
New OIG Report Contains Scathing Critique of CDCR’s PPE Protocol
On August 17, the Office of the Inspector General issued a report severely criticizing CDCR for its lax gatekeeping and symptom-checking practices. Today sees the publication of a new report,
Race and Justice
The Marshall Project Survey and “Programspeak”
The Marshall Project has published the results of a political survey of incarcerated people, and they are extremely interesting. In a previous installment, they refuted the widely-held belief in broad
Getting Rid of No-Knock Warrants Isn’t Enough
Yesterday we received the news that only one of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor was to be indicted–and not for homicide, but for “wanton endangerment”