Public Safety

Editorials and Op-Eds Urge California to Take Action on Continuing Crisis in State Prisons

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

RBGG and Monterey County Public Defender Call for Improved Conditions in County Jail

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Three Judge Court Denies State’s Motion to Vacate Prison Population Order – State is Ordered to Immediately Take Steps to Reduce Prison Population to 137.5% of Design Capacity by End of 2013

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Federal Court Rules That State Prison Officials Are Still Tolerating Dangerous and Unconstitutional Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners—Denies State Motion to Terminate Civil Rights Case

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Coleman Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Cite Continuing Constitutional Violations and Ethical Lapses by State Attorneys – Argue for Rejection of State’s Motion to Terminate Case

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

RBGG’s Jane Kahn Speaks About the High Rate of Suicides in State Prisons

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Plaintiffs Court Documents, Photos and Expert Declarations in 2013 Proceedings in Coleman v. Brown

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

DJ: Plaintiffs in Prison Suit Slam State Experts

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Mental Health Care in California Prisons Still in Crisis – Overcrowding, Dangerous and Inhumane Conditions and Severe Staffing Shortages Persist Two Years after Supreme Court Ruling

Monday, March 18th, 2013

Coleman Plaintiffs Respond to State: “Sad truth is that conditions have not changed”

Friday, March 15th, 2013