CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Mar 30, 20193 min read

Are sanctuary laws driving down immigration arrests in Northern California?

WASHINGTON — Immigration arrests fell in Northern California in the past year even as arrests nationally rose 11 percent, a trend that...

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Mar 16, 20193 min read

California Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Violates Court Settlement

California prison officials have systematically violated the rights of inmates spelled out in an agreement more than three years ago to...

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Mar 4, 20192 min read

SF sheriff probing allegations jail deputies beat, strip-searched inmates

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department is conducting a sweeping internal investigation into allegations that several deputies severely...

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Dec 3, 20185 min read

After third Taser death, California police officials reconsider 'less-lethal' weapon

Attorneys for the families of two of the men killed are calling for a moratorium on the use of Tasers in San Mateo county. A man killed...

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Dec 3, 20182 min read

Former inmate sues Alameda County Sheriff’s Office deputies for alleged ‘gassing’

A former Santa Rita Jail inmate filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office and four former deputies had...

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Dec 3, 20182 min read

Nooses found in migrant cells at remote facility in California

ADELANTO — Federal inspectors found nooses made from bedsheets hanging in more than a dozen cells at an immigration detention facility in...

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