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Emily Elena Dugdale
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Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
Stories by Emily Elena Dugdale
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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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Current and former medical staff describe a working environment that is dysfunctional, abusive and detrimental to providing health care, with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sean Henderson at the center of the storm.
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The UC Irvine study found that combat exposure is almost as likely to cause grief as it is to lead to PTSD.
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Construction work has dried up for Julio Osorio, 54. "The idea is to save a little money for the future, and you can't."
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will allow college athletes in California to profit from the use of their name, image or likeness.
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The fall semester begins at USC Monday. Students are coming to a campus that's been rocked by a series of scandals over the past two years -- and accusations that the university hasn’t done enough to address them.