Emily Elena Dugdale
If I’m doing my job, you’ll understand how the justice system was designed to give some people the benefit of the doubt and penalize others. You’ll also understand the history and role systemic racism plays in how we are policed today.
I’ve reported from Honolulu to New York City, and from my native country, Colombia. My first year in this newsroom was spent driving to every corner of Southern California as our general assignment reporter. I’m currently collaborating with ProPublica on a series of stories on policing and justice in the Antelope Valley.
Like millions of Americans, I am an immigrant to this country. I have spent most of my life living here, and I don’t have time for the gatekeeping around who isn’t an American, a Californian, or Angeleno. My reporting aims to represent the reality of all who live, work, or do time in Southern California.
Reporting on relentless trauma is difficult, so I find peace by hiking in our region’s many mountains.
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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. -
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.”
