COVID

Prof. Aviram Leads Amicus on Behalf of San Quentin Prisoners

August 17, 2020

Professor Hadar Aviram Eighteen prominent criminal justice and corrections scholars, including UC Law SF Professors Hadar Aviram, Rory Little and Mai Linh Spencer, as well as the ACLU of Northern California, are joining litigation as amici curiae brought on behalf of San Quentin prisoners facing danger…

Letter: The Prison COVID Crisis is Newsom’s to Solve

July 7, 2020

July 10 UPDATE: Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to announce that he will release approximately 8,000 people incarcerated inside California’s prison system, in a move that comes amid devastating coronavirus outbreaks at several facilities and pressure from lawmakers and advocates. Also, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…