Posts tagged State-level Polling
Memo: California’s Sheriffs Must Do More to Save Their Communities from the Ravages of Coronavirus

California has quickly become one of the epicenters for the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the state has one of the highest infection rates and over 500 deaths from the coronavirus. The Center for Disease Control currently predicts that the United States will see around 200,000 deaths even if citizens practice “social distancing,” which requires that people maintain six feet of distance from others.

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Memo: California Prosecutors Must Do More to Protect Their Communities From Coronavirus: Policies & Polling

In recent weeks, the humanitarian disaster that doctors and public health experts predicted has turned into reality: coronavirus has reached prisons and jails in California and across the country, sparking outbreaks that threaten the lives of incarcerated people, staff, and surrounding communities. California’s elected prosecutors—the district attorney in each county—are uniquely positioned to address this crisis.

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Memo: California Voters Support Releasing People from Jails and Prisons to Protect Communities from Covid-19

Across the country and throughout the world, there has been wide recognition that reducing the number of people inside jails and prisons is critical to slowing the spread of the coronavirus—both within these facilities and in the general public. At stake is the health not only of incarcerated people, but of the correctional staff whose job requires interacting with them daily and in unavoidably close quarters.

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