Emily Elena Dugdale
Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
(she/her)
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The U.S. Navy says the crew members on the USNS Mercy who tested positive for COVID-19 are currently isolated off-ship. Those who had close contact with them are also off-ship in quarantine. -
L.A. County is still holding some in-person hearings; prosecutors and defense attorneys want everything to go remote.
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The move is an attempt to balance the demands of justice with the need to keep everyone safe from COVID-19.
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The 1,000-bed floating hospital was brought to L.A. to treat patients who don't have COVID-19, to ease local hospitals' burden.
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The director of L.A County correctional health says her staff is planning for a “worst-case scenario” involving rapid COVID-19 spread in the jails.
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Villanueva, who called into today's board meeting, has repeatedly called the move to oust him a "power grab" being played out during an unprecedented global health pandemic.
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Four inmates at Taft Modified Community Correctional Facility near Bakersfield talk about overcrowding and hygiene.
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Inmates at a prison near Bakersfield worry the virus could spread among them "like wildfire."
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Nine Los Angeles Police Department employees have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday, the department reported. The department said it would "make every effort" to test officers and staff exhibiting symptoms.
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The suspension prevents a mother and father from making the 230-mile drive to see their son in Avenal State Prison, and keeps a woman from visiting her cousin - who has schizophrenia - in Men's Central Jail.
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