Emily Elena Dugdale
Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
(she/her)
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Last year, a federal judge ordered immediate improvements after the ACLU filed a motion about “abysmal” conditions at the Inmate Reception Center. Now the civil rights group says the county is not complying with the order.
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Earlier this month, we wrote about the lack of books inside L.A. County jails and one woman’s effort to change that. Now, the board of supervisors wants the Sheriff’s Department to report back on ways to make books available.
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Rob Bonta says Riverside's department has had large numbers of deaths in custody, use of force in custody, and deaths by firearms.
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Ahmanise Sanati is starting up book drives again after bringing thousands of books inside jails over a more than a decade-long career there. After we wrote about her efforts two weeks ago, her DMs blew up.
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A Riverside man who authorities described as having "a history of antisemitic and threatening conduct" faces federal hate crime charges.
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Responding to a request from the Civilian Oversight Commission Thursday, the Sheriff's Department said it will provide quarterly online reports about conditions inside the county jails and its efforts to improve them.
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The ACLU of Southern California and two community groups penned a letter alleging that incarcerated people in Riverside County are not getting the medical and mental health care they need.
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Ahmanise Sanati helped get books on every floor of Twin Towers jail when she worked there, but the effort fizzled out after she left. Now she’s revving up jail book drives from the outside.
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Anthony Lowe was shot and killed by Huntington Park police on Jan. 26. 'Thank goodness that we’re in the era of videos,' said the family attorney as they file a federal civil rights lawsuit
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In a memo, Chief Michel Moore said “extremist groups have hijacked the use of the ‘Thin Blue Line Flag’ to symbolize their undemocratic, racist, and bigoted views.”