In short order, the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in a sweeping and historic emptying of California’s overcrowded ... of San Luis Obispo County, where no jail staff or inmates have contracted ...

Thirty-one of California’s 56 county jail systems have seen their inmate populations plummet by at least a third. Jails before the pandemic booked about 17,000 people per week. That number ...

Inmates in California ... Orange County has reported more than 2,300 cases in its jails, while Los Angeles County has recorded more than 4,200 cases among its jail inmates. San Bernardino County ...

Inmates at the Monterey County Jail, afraid they could catch COVID ... the time of COVID-19 can be healing In legislative shuffle, California prioritizes safety gear and sick leave during crisis ...

They may be behind bars but inmates at one prison in California are doing their part to help their community with a needed item in the coronavirus pandemic. The Placer County Sheriff's Office said ...

The Shasta County Jail was going to release 13 inmates by ... gather outside Salinas city hall to oppose cuts to police California to offer early release to some state prison inmates COVID-19 ...

Riverside County Sheriff ... afraid to go to jail and catch the virus, then don’t go to jail, don’t break the law.” Unlike sheriffs and corrections officials around California and the ...

A California DA warned ... to control the jail population by releasing these dangerous criminals back into our communities. The residents of Orange County deserve to have the peace of mind that ...