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SCHOOL DAZE: How COVID Impacts Education — Prison Literacy Program Adapts During COVID Lockdowns Posted On (This is the second in a series of articles produced in partnership with journalists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle in collaboration with the nonprofit Solutions Journalism Network.) By ANNAKAI HAYAKAWA GESHLIDER Part II Part I introduced the Lit Club program. Part II, below, covers the impact of the recent COVID outbreak at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) on the Lit Club, as well as background on the Asian Prisoner Support Committee’s ROOTS program. ...

February 24, 2021 UCLA In the News lists selected mentions of UCLA in the world’s news media. Some articles may require registration or a subscription to view. See more UCLA In the News. “Biden is trying to reclaim the vision of America that was there during the Obama administration, a vision that was much more diverse, much more religiously tolerant, much more tolerant of different kinds of gender dispositions and gender presentations,” said Norma Mendoza-Denton, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an author of “Language in the Trump Era: ...

Print About 40% of people in the custody of California’s corrections system have received the COVID-19 vaccine, a figure praised by prison advocates who say that only a fraction of the state’s vaccine supply is needed to protect a population that’s among the most vulnerable to the virus. The vaccinations began Dec. 22 at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton, according to California Correctional Health Care Services. As of Monday, 37,588 incarcerated individuals and 24,959 staff members had received the vaccine. More than 94,000 people are in the custody of the California Dep...

40% of inmates in California's corrections system have been vaccinated for COVID-19 Leila Miller © Provided by The LA Times San Quentin State Prison had a large and deadly coronavirus outbreak over the summer. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times) About 40% of people in the custody of California's corrections system have received the COVID-19 vaccine, a figure praised by prison advocates who say that only a fraction of the state’s vaccine is needed to protect a population that’s one of the most vulnerable to the virus. The vaccinations began Dec. 22 at the California Health...

Why it’s important to reduce COVID-19 in prisons Prisons represent a public health and human rights crisis during the pandemic. By Shaheen Pasha Just over wo years ago, Adnan Khan was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in California. Serving a sentence of 25 years to life at the time for felony murder, Khan stood side-by-side with other incarcerated men putting together packs for a hygiene drive for homeless youths — items many of the men paid for out of their accounts. It was one of the many ways, Khan said, that the prison residents aimed to give back despite their incarceration.