Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Other languages spoken: Spanish (intermediate); Mandarin (beginner)
La Asociación de Oficiales de Paz Correccionales de California enfrenta un entorno político complicado a medida que disminuye la población de reclusos y aumentan los llamados a cerrar las prisiones.
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association faces a complicated political environment as inmate populations decline and calls to close prisons increase.
Gov. Newsom and legislative leaders put forward a ballot measure to compete with one that would roll back Proposition 47 and increase penalties for theft and drug trafficking. The Democrats’ proposal calls for a new felony for drug dealers who cut fentanyl into other drugs and for increased penalties for repeat thieves.
Judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals distinguished between gun sellers' Constitutional rights and the government’s authority to decide what kind of commerce takes place on public property.
California tiene leyes y decisiones judiciales contradictorias sobre qué deben priorizar los jueces al fijar la fianza. Un caso que involucra a un vagabundo con un largo historial criminal podría resolver cierta incertidumbre.
California has conflicting laws and court decisions on what judges should prioritize when setting bail. A case involving a homeless man with a long criminal record could resolve some uncertainty.
“Jail suicides are extraordinarily difficult to protect against,” a retired California sheriff said. One jail in the San Joaquin Valley is changing routines to keep inmates from harming themselves.
“Am I going to continue banging my head against the wall here for something I don’t think is going to change?” asked the leader of a civilian law enforcement review board in San Diego County.