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Dec 21, 2023
Overcrowded and inhumane: How a 1975 lawsuit on horrific jail conditions in L.A. remains unwon
The ACLU SoCal has spent almost half its existence fighting inhumane jail conditions and continues to monitor the jails.
By David Colker
Apr 22, 2020
New Model Shows Reducing Jail Population will Lower COVID-19 Death Toll for All of Us
The Trump administration optimistically projects that “substantially under” 100,000 people will die from COVID-19 in the United States. Horrific as that statistic is, a new model suggests it could be a huge underestimate. The government models fail to consider the impact of the virus on the incarcer
Jan 22, 2020
On the 47th Anniversary of Roe, Let's Advance Reproductive Justice for People Behind Bars
California consistently fails to provide adequate reproductive health care for one of our most vulnerable populations: incarcerated people in jails. Communities of color, lower-income communities, and LGBTQ communities bear the brunt of this inadequate care, since they are the targets of mass incarc
By Aditi Fruitwala, Minouche Kandel
Jun 04, 2018
OC Voters Have the Power to Demand Justice for Deaths in County Jails
Danny Pham, a 27-year-old Westminster native, was serving a six-month sentence in an Orange County jail for a non-violent offense. He was close to completing his sentence. Instead, he ended up dead.
By Esther Lim, Daisy Ramirez
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