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The problem that we see in Ms. Patterson’s case and in so many of my clients' cases is that people are faced with this coercive choice: Go into tremendous amounts of debt, plead guilty to a crime you may not have committed or wait in jail and lose everything that’s dear and meaningful in your life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A district attorney's spokesman said prosecutors are awaiting further investigation into both cases in order to pursue charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president of the California Bail Agents Association called the lawsuit \"misleading.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve already seen in California the crime rates have gone up,\" said Maggie Kreins, who is proprietor of Maggie's Bail Bonds in Long Beach in addition to heading the association. \"It’s getting scary out there, and they’re making it so nobody’s going to be held accountable for anything anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kreins said bail agents have a proven record of \"bringing people back to court, and bringing justice to victims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When these individuals don’t go to court, who’s going to go look for them?\" she said. \"The taxpayers are going to have to pay two or three times to arrest the same person.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in San Francisco, there's widespread agreement among law enforcement leaders for doing away with the \"money bail\" system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi filed a declaration in support of the lawsuit and joined Telfeyan and Boudin in announcing it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California Edison is facing a $16.7 million penalty for holding improper talks with utility regulators related to the now-closed San Onofre nuclear power plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed penalty is the latest development tied to a dispute over a $4.7 billion settlement related to the shutdown of San Onofre. San Onofre was shut down in January 2012 after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of extensive damage to tubing inside virtually new steam generators. The plant never produced electricity again. Edison closed San Onofre permanently in June 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last November, commissioners approved a settlement over the closures -- in which ratepayers would shoulder about $3.3 billion of the costs, while Edison and the plant's minority owner, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., would cover $1.4 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10734777\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-6.46.58-PM.png\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-6.46.58-PM-800x880.png\" alt=\"Notes about the San Onofre shutdown settlement found in Peevey's home.\" width=\"800\" height=\"880\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10734777\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-6.46.58-PM-800x880.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-6.46.58-PM-400x440.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-6.46.58-PM.png 815w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notes about the San Onofre shutdown settlement found in Peevey's home.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Consumer advocates and other critics have urged the commission to reopen the settlement, saying private conversations between the commission's then-president, Michael Peevey, and Edison gave the company an unfair advantage. The company has previously defended the 2014 deal, saying it is fair and was negotiated properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Public Utilities Commission Administrative Law Judge Melanie Darling proposed the fine Monday for what she called misleading acts and omissions by the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She found Edison officials held eight unreported, improper communications with one or more agency commissioners during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edison \"misled the commission, showed disrespect for the commission's rules and undermined public confidence in the agency,\" the judge wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, then-Southern California Edison Executive Vice President Stephen Pickett and Peevey met at the luxury Bristol Hotel in Warsaw, Poland, for a business conference. Notes on Bristol letterhead about the proposed shutdown came out this year after state agents raided Peevey's Los Angeles home during an investigation into an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/19/10-emails-detail-pges-cozy-relationship-with-its-regulators\" target=\"_blank\">unrelated judge-shopping scandal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utilities, and other parties, are supposed to file a notice of an \"ex parte communication\" when they speak with regulators about business. Edison did not file a notice of the communication until 686 days after the meeting. Peevey also did not disclose the meeting. However, he was not required to under current commission rules. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/independent-study-condemns-system-of-communications-between-utilities-and-their-regulators\" target=\"_blank\">recent independent report\u003c/a> found that these private communications \"systematically favor the interests of utilities and we-funded parties.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edison has said Peevey initiated a one-sided conversation about a possible framework for a settlement of a probe into San Onofre's rates and operations, according to the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge wrote the bulk of the penalty reflected Pickett's \"grossly negligent failure to accurately and timely report\" the private discussion, which triggered other misleading acts and omissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission is not expected to vote on the proposed penalty until December. 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"content": "\u003cp>Most of us talk on the phone every day, and we rarely think about the cost of a single call. But for the 80,000 inmates held in California’s county jails, calling home can cost more than 10 times the price of a regular cellphone call. That is, until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-takes-next-big-steps-reducing-inmate-calling-rates\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Communication Commission\u003c/a> approved a proposal that caps phone rates and limits fees for incarcerated people in California and across the country. Advocates say the move not only makes it cheaper for inmates to stay in touch with their families, but it might even help keep them from re-offending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am extremely proud that the FCC is finally acting on behalf of the 2.7 million children [whose parents are incarcerated] who have been suffering unfairly and most often in silence,” said Mignon Clyburn, the FCC commissioner who spearheaded the effort. “No more excuses. No more justification for inaction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Costs of Meaningful Communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling comes 14 years after a petition was submitted by Martha Wright, a grandmother who asked the FCC to do something about the high phone rates that made it difficult for her to stay in touch with her incarcerated grandson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s [been] a complete lack of regulation or competitiveness in any real sense in the market,” said Aleks Kajstura, legal director at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/report.html\">Prison Policy Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/229413740″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Siegle, an inmate at the Martinez Detention Facility, a county jail east of San Francisco, called me from a bank of phones inside his module. He told me every time he calls his mother it costs about $7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My grandmother is dying, and just to talk to my mother and be supportive with her about my grandmother’s condition and the things that are going on,” he said over the crackly phone line. “It’s an expensive discussion every time we talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the calls are important to Siegle’s mom, they’re also crucial for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Back in the ’80s, phone companies started offering correctional facilities a share of profits from inmates’ phone calls\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Studies constantly show that meaningful communications beyond the prison walls are what it takes to promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism,” Commissioner Clyburn said in the FCC’s chambers in Washington, D.C. “700,000 inmates are released every year, and too many of them return to their communities as strangers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new rule aims to get at the heart of what Clyburn called “the most egregious case of market failure” she’s seen in her 17 years as a regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Profits Go to Phone Companies, and Sheriff’s Departments\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people in jail are quite literally a captive market. Kajstura said phone companies have been unfairly profiting from this monopoly because inmates have no choice. If they want to stay in touch with their family members, they have to pay what’s asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods talks to clients and their family members in his offices in Oakland overlooking Lake Merritt. He said often it’s an inmate’s mom, sibling or even a kid who’s picking up the tab. And a $7-to-$15 call even once or twice a week is just out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re worried about just putting food on the table, much less getting phone calls to jail,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why do jails agree to such expensive phone services? Back in the 1980s, phone companies started offering correctional facilities a share of the profits from phone calls — what some call a kickback — as a way get these exclusive contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10729214\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10729214\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-800x574.jpg\" alt=\"An inmate uses a mirror to look outside his cell at the Los Angeles Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-800x574.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-400x287.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-1440x1033.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-1180x846.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-960x689.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inmate uses a mirror to look outside his cell at the Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California State Assemblyman Bill Quirk says phone rates keep going up because counties want to get their cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Sheriff’s Department for each jail will say we would like the company to pay us so much for every minute of phone calls made from our jail,” Quirk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California this practice was phased out of \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2011/apr/15/nationwide-pln-survey-examines-prison-phone-contracts-kickbacks/\">state prisons by 2011\u003c/a>, and last year Quirk authored a bill banning these commissions at county jails, too. But his bill died because the state would have had to supplement county budgets to make up for all the lost revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s upwards of $50 million statewide,” said Cory Salzillo, legislative director for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calsheriffs.org/\" target=\"_blank\">California State Sheriffs’ Association\u003c/a>. By state law, he says all of this money is used for the welfare of inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claims That Ruling May Hurt Revenue for Inmates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FCC ruling might actually hurt inmates, said Salzillo, because it “creates a situation where inmates will be deprived of much needed funding for things like treatment, rehabilitation programs, vocational, educational programs and recreational programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It remains to be seen what impact the ruling will have on county jail programs. While the FCC proposal does not ban profit sharing between inmate phone companies and sheriff’s departments, it strongly discourages it. Clyburn called on states to help end the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without those funds, many counties, including Los Angeles, say they may have to scale back services for inmates. Others, like Contra Costa, \u003ca href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">\u003c/a>have already found replacement funding. Counties will have 90 days to comply with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/document/fact-sheet-ensuring-just-reasonable-fair-rates-inmate-calling\">FCC’s order\u003c/a> and renegotiate their contracts with inmate phone providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most important for inmate Chris Siegle, the FCC’s move to reduce phone rates means he will be able to call his mom more often. “I just tell her, ‘I love you mama, I’ll try to call back later in a couple days.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Global Tel Link and Securus, the two largest inmate phone providers, together make up \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/exploiting-inmates/Content?oid=4185319&showFullText=true\">80 percent\u003c/a> of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/us/steep-costs-of-inmate-phone-calls-are-under-scrutiny.html?_r=0\">$1.2 billion market\u003c/a>. Neither company responded to repeated requests for comment. It is expected that they will challenge the FCC’s rate caps in court.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Most of us talk on the phone every day, and we rarely think about the cost of a single call. But for the 80,000 inmates held in California’s county jails, calling home can cost more than 10 times the price of a regular cellphone call. That is, until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-takes-next-big-steps-reducing-inmate-calling-rates\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Communication Commission\u003c/a> approved a proposal that caps phone rates and limits fees for incarcerated people in California and across the country. Advocates say the move not only makes it cheaper for inmates to stay in touch with their families, but it might even help keep them from re-offending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am extremely proud that the FCC is finally acting on behalf of the 2.7 million children [whose parents are incarcerated] who have been suffering unfairly and most often in silence,” said Mignon Clyburn, the FCC commissioner who spearheaded the effort. “No more excuses. No more justification for inaction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Costs of Meaningful Communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling comes 14 years after a petition was submitted by Martha Wright, a grandmother who asked the FCC to do something about the high phone rates that made it difficult for her to stay in touch with her incarcerated grandson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s [been] a complete lack of regulation or competitiveness in any real sense in the market,” said Aleks Kajstura, legal director at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.prisonpolicy.org/phones/report.html\">Prison Policy Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/229413740″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/229413740″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Siegle, an inmate at the Martinez Detention Facility, a county jail east of San Francisco, called me from a bank of phones inside his module. He told me every time he calls his mother it costs about $7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My grandmother is dying, and just to talk to my mother and be supportive with her about my grandmother’s condition and the things that are going on,” he said over the crackly phone line. “It’s an expensive discussion every time we talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the calls are important to Siegle’s mom, they’re also crucial for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Back in the ’80s, phone companies started offering correctional facilities a share of profits from inmates’ phone calls\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Studies constantly show that meaningful communications beyond the prison walls are what it takes to promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism,” Commissioner Clyburn said in the FCC’s chambers in Washington, D.C. “700,000 inmates are released every year, and too many of them return to their communities as strangers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new rule aims to get at the heart of what Clyburn called “the most egregious case of market failure” she’s seen in her 17 years as a regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Profits Go to Phone Companies, and Sheriff’s Departments\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people in jail are quite literally a captive market. Kajstura said phone companies have been unfairly profiting from this monopoly because inmates have no choice. If they want to stay in touch with their family members, they have to pay what’s asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods talks to clients and their family members in his offices in Oakland overlooking Lake Merritt. He said often it’s an inmate’s mom, sibling or even a kid who’s picking up the tab. And a $7-to-$15 call even once or twice a week is just out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re worried about just putting food on the table, much less getting phone calls to jail,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why do jails agree to such expensive phone services? Back in the 1980s, phone companies started offering correctional facilities a share of the profits from phone calls — what some call a kickback — as a way get these exclusive contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10729214\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10729214\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-800x574.jpg\" alt=\"An inmate uses a mirror to look outside his cell at the Los Angeles Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-800x574.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-400x287.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-1440x1033.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-1180x846.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/MensCentralJailLA-960x689.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An inmate uses a mirror to look outside his cell at the Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California State Assemblyman Bill Quirk says phone rates keep going up because counties want to get their cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Sheriff’s Department for each jail will say we would like the company to pay us so much for every minute of phone calls made from our jail,” Quirk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California this practice was phased out of \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2011/apr/15/nationwide-pln-survey-examines-prison-phone-contracts-kickbacks/\">state prisons by 2011\u003c/a>, and last year Quirk authored a bill banning these commissions at county jails, too. But his bill died because the state would have had to supplement county budgets to make up for all the lost revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s upwards of $50 million statewide,” said Cory Salzillo, legislative director for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calsheriffs.org/\" target=\"_blank\">California State Sheriffs’ Association\u003c/a>. By state law, he says all of this money is used for the welfare of inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claims That Ruling May Hurt Revenue for Inmates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FCC ruling might actually hurt inmates, said Salzillo, because it “creates a situation where inmates will be deprived of much needed funding for things like treatment, rehabilitation programs, vocational, educational programs and recreational programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It remains to be seen what impact the ruling will have on county jail programs. While the FCC proposal does not ban profit sharing between inmate phone companies and sheriff’s departments, it strongly discourages it. Clyburn called on states to help end the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without those funds, many counties, including Los Angeles, say they may have to scale back services for inmates. Others, like Contra Costa, \u003ca href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">\u003c/a>have already found replacement funding. Counties will have 90 days to comply with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/document/fact-sheet-ensuring-just-reasonable-fair-rates-inmate-calling\">FCC’s order\u003c/a> and renegotiate their contracts with inmate phone providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most important for inmate Chris Siegle, the FCC’s move to reduce phone rates means he will be able to call his mom more often. “I just tell her, ‘I love you mama, I’ll try to call back later in a couple days.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Global Tel Link and Securus, the two largest inmate phone providers, together make up \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/exploiting-inmates/Content?oid=4185319&showFullText=true\">80 percent\u003c/a> of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/us/steep-costs-of-inmate-phone-calls-are-under-scrutiny.html?_r=0\">$1.2 billion market\u003c/a>. Neither company responded to repeated requests for comment. It is expected that they will challenge the FCC’s rate caps in court.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Guide to S.F. Sheriff's Race: Can Mirkarimi Win?",
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"content": "\u003cp>This fall’s race for the next sheriff of San Francisco is one of the most watched contests in the city. Incumbent Ross Mirkarimi is seeking re-election after a first term overshadowed by a series of scandals. His main challenger is Vicki Hennessy, who has worked the bulk of her career in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and the city’s Department of Emergency Management. The third candidate is John Robinson, who worked for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department for 20 years and now runs a private security firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department is responsible for the county’s jails and for law enforcement at City Hall, in the civil and criminal courts, and at public hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, incumbent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incumbent Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is on the defensive over several scandals that have beleaguered his department since he took office in 2012. His policies came under national scrutiny when his department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/07/mirkarimi-immigration-authorities-trade-blame-in-pier-14-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">ignored requests\u003c/a> for cooperation from federal immigration authorities and released a man from jail who shortly thereafter was arrested for killing a young woman. His department is under fire for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/03/26/sf-public-defender-sheriffs-deputies-bet-on-forced-battles-between-inmates\" target=\"_blank\">alleged misconduct\u003c/a> by deputies in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"mAhN1yTIFhtbVLpDAfRkKeYiY3iSkbtD\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence-related charge and has most recently had to field questions about whether he failed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=1m23s\" target=\"_blank\">marksmanship test\u003c/a>. As for what he’s accomplished, Mirkarimi points to the award-winning charter high school program inside the county jail and to pushing for change in how transgender jail inmates are treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi said his status as an outsider allows him to make change: “[Former Sheriff Mike Hennessey] supported me in 2011 and he supports me in the re-election because we’re outsiders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vicki Hennessy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vicki Hennessy worked in the San Francisco Sheriff's Department for over 30 years and in that time was promoted to chief deputy sheriff. Hennessy also directed the city’s emergency services for several years before retiring in 2010. In 2012, she was pulled out of retirement by Mayor Ed Lee to serve as\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/20/live-eliana-lopezs-attorney-speaks\" target=\"_blank\"> interim sheriff\u003c/a> during Sheriff Mirkarimi’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/21/read-the-suspension-documents-served-to-ross-mirkarimi-today\" target=\"_blank\">suspension\u003c/a>. Of the three candidates, Hennessy has raised the most campaign dollars -- over $244,000 as of mid-September. Her endorsements are also the most numerous and include the Deputy Sheriffs' Association and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Managers and Supervisors Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy said she has the executive and management experience to run the Sheriff's Department best: “I want to return proactive leadership to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John Robinson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Robinson worked as a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison and later for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department for 20 years. He retired from public service in 1994 and is now CEO of Inter-State Security Inc., a private security firm. Robinson has kept a relatively low profile in this race, raising just over $16,000 as of mid-September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson said he wants to address racial and economic disparities in the criminal justice system and reduce the high rate of incarceration of African-Americans and Hispanics: “I am the one who is intending to identify and promulgate a new path for San Francisco. What we need to do is to figure out how to de-incarcerate our jails.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Debate in Studio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We invited all three candidates to debate their views on our weekly current affairs program, \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/watch/archive/288227\" target=\"_blank\">\u003ci>KQED Newsroom\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. Here are some highlights from their discussion of \u003ca href=\"#sanctuary\">sanctuary city laws\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#jail\">alleged misconduct in the jails\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#bodycam\">body cameras\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"#politics\">getting along with City Hall\u003c/a>. (Excerpts have been edited for clarity and brevity.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10727090\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The candidates for S.F. Sheriff debate their views on KQED Newsroom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The candidates for S.F. sheriff debate their views on KQED Newsroom. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"sanctuary\">\u003c/a>Sanctuary City Laws\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department released Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez from jail earlier this year, it ignored a request for cooperation from federal immigration officials. Lopez-Sanchez had been convicted of immigration violations and deported multiple times, but San Francisco’s sanctuary laws allow local law enforcement to refrain from participating in federal immigration enforcement. Shortly after his release, Lopez-Sanchez was charged with killing Kate Steinle on July 1 as she walked along the city’s waterfront, generating national debate over sanctuary laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question:\u003c/strong> Do you stand by your decision not to contact federal authorities before letting him [Lopez-Sanchez] go?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> I do. And I think it would be a real mistake for San Francisco to get sucked into this, where politicians at City Hall are professing their support for sanctuary city yet telling me with a wink and a nod to practice something different. ... There really is a schizophrenia between our municipal laws like the one signed into effect by Mayor Lee called “Due Process For All” in 2013 and how it limits that contact with ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], and the changing federal procedures of immigration and customs and enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy:\u003c/strong> The takeaway is there has to be a balance of public safety along with making sure we’re providing constitutional protections. …. I think he [Mirkarimi] erred on the wrong side of public safety in this matter. But I want to say one more thing, and that is that nobody could have known that Francisco-Lopez would go out and what would happen would happen. What we did know, though, is that he was a career criminal and we were releasing him into a city where he had no money. He had no relationships. He had nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question:\u003c/strong> How would you have handled it differently if you were the sheriff? Would you have picked up the phone and called ICE?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robinson:\u003c/strong> I certainly would have. Once that warrant was dismissed, what would have been wrong with simply saying, 'Do you want this guy?'\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the exchange \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=5m12s\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727457\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10727457 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Mirkarimi\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop.jpg 1814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross Mirkarimi \u003ccite>(KQED Newsroom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"jail\">\u003c/a>Alleged Jail Fights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicdefender.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/Letter-re-Sheriff-Deputies-misconduct.pdf\">accused\u003c/a> correctional deputy Scott Neu and his colleagues of orchestrating fights in the back of the county jail and gambling on the outcome, among other abuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question: \u003c/strong>Ross, this happened under your watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> And I was the one that called in the FBI, which is the first time in modern history that a sheriff has requested the FBI to come in. Typically they don’t, unless it’s court-ordered or the U.S. district attorney requires it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robinson:\u003c/strong> When I worked as the high-security unit manager, one of the things you did is you picked your officers based off of their skills and ability and training. You don’t put an individual in charge of prisoners, who had already had a claim paid out on him for over $900,000. This issue of fighting in the back of the jail is a clear example of how they don’t respect their leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy:\u003c/strong> When I managed the jail, I did management by walking around. I walked around the jail constantly, and I think that it’s very important to have the supervisors understand what your expectations are. I think it’s very important to set the expectations, communicate the expectations, work on them, train to them and to make sure that they’re followed and monitored. I think that’s through supervision and that’s the people that have the boots on the ground as the supervisors. And managers have to be held responsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the exchange \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=14m24s\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10727456 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Vicki Hennessy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicki Hennessy \u003ccite>(KQED Newsroom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"bodycam\">\u003c/a>Body-Worn Cameras Inside Jails\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of outfitting law enforcement officers with body-worn cameras say it will increase transparency and accountability by providing a window into officers' actions. Critics of the idea cite the cost of the technology. Both sides agree that it's crucial to develop a policy for how -- and how long -- images captured on these cameras would be retained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy:\u003c/strong> There are cameras in many of the new jails and they’re in most places where there’s prisoner access. And I do think that body cameras in this case would actually help, and I do think that’s something -- particularly in this linear jail, this one-style jail that we still have left in our resources -- I think it’s important to take a look at that. I think body cameras are a tool; they’re not the answer. I think accountability, expectations, working day-to-day and no complacency [are the answer].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> I think it could be a problem altogether with culture inside prisons and jails throughout the United States. That’s why I’m the first sheriff in California to ask for body cameras to come in the jail system. I find it incomplete that President Obama and everybody else wants body cameras fitted on law enforcement on the streets of America. I can make 10 times the reasons as to why body cameras should be in every prison and jail in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the exchange \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=17m15s\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10727458 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"John Robinson\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/robinson_crop-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Robinson \u003ccite>(KQED Newsroom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"politics\">\u003c/a>Politics and Communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tensions between Mayor Ed Lee and Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi have been ongoing since 2012, when Mayor Lee tried to remove Mirkarimi from office as he defended himself from domestic violence charges. Since then, the two men have not met in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question: \u003c/strong>How many one-on-one meetings with Mayor Lee have you had?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> Zero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question:\u003c/strong> Wouldn’t the city be better off if the mayor and sheriff were talking to each other?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi: \u003c/strong>I think we should be very careful about the oligarchy that’s forming inside City Hall, and a manipulative mayor who decides who he wants to meet with and who he does not. We’re elected to serve all the people and you don’t cherry-pick. You get the business of the people done. But I have to tell you, the net effect of what’s happened is that I’ve become extremely resourceful and effective in making this department, we together, a national leader in criminal justice reform without the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robinson: \u003c/strong>It’s essential for the sheriff to be able to communicate with the most powerful political person in this city in order to get the funds necessary in order to impact the system of recidivism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy: \u003c/strong>I believe that in order to create new initiatives, you really have to work with your staff and the people on the ground who are going to be responsible for putting those initiatives into force, and I think that’s something that’s been missing. I think that what we’ve had is some leadership by headlines, particularly in The Examiner, and it’s been interesting to see that happen. I think that leadership requires effective communication but communication is sometimes, it’s listening, it’s not just talking but listening. It’s assessing and it’s got to be two-way communication up and down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the exchange \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=20m35s\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This fall’s race for the next sheriff of San Francisco is one of the most watched contests in the city. Incumbent Ross Mirkarimi is seeking re-election after a first term overshadowed by a series of scandals. His main challenger is Vicki Hennessy, who has worked the bulk of her career in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and the city’s Department of Emergency Management. The third candidate is John Robinson, who worked for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department for 20 years and now runs a private security firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department is responsible for the county’s jails and for law enforcement at City Hall, in the civil and criminal courts, and at public hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, incumbent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incumbent Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is on the defensive over several scandals that have beleaguered his department since he took office in 2012. His policies came under national scrutiny when his department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/07/mirkarimi-immigration-authorities-trade-blame-in-pier-14-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">ignored requests\u003c/a> for cooperation from federal immigration authorities and released a man from jail who shortly thereafter was arrested for killing a young woman. His department is under fire for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/03/26/sf-public-defender-sheriffs-deputies-bet-on-forced-battles-between-inmates\" target=\"_blank\">alleged misconduct\u003c/a> by deputies in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence-related charge and has most recently had to field questions about whether he failed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=1m23s\" target=\"_blank\">marksmanship test\u003c/a>. As for what he’s accomplished, Mirkarimi points to the award-winning charter high school program inside the county jail and to pushing for change in how transgender jail inmates are treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mirkarimi said his status as an outsider allows him to make change: “[Former Sheriff Mike Hennessey] supported me in 2011 and he supports me in the re-election because we’re outsiders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vicki Hennessy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vicki Hennessy worked in the San Francisco Sheriff's Department for over 30 years and in that time was promoted to chief deputy sheriff. Hennessy also directed the city’s emergency services for several years before retiring in 2010. In 2012, she was pulled out of retirement by Mayor Ed Lee to serve as\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/20/live-eliana-lopezs-attorney-speaks\" target=\"_blank\"> interim sheriff\u003c/a> during Sheriff Mirkarimi’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/03/21/read-the-suspension-documents-served-to-ross-mirkarimi-today\" target=\"_blank\">suspension\u003c/a>. Of the three candidates, Hennessy has raised the most campaign dollars -- over $244,000 as of mid-September. Her endorsements are also the most numerous and include the Deputy Sheriffs' Association and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Managers and Supervisors Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy said she has the executive and management experience to run the Sheriff's Department best: “I want to return proactive leadership to the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>John Robinson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Robinson worked as a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison and later for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department for 20 years. He retired from public service in 1994 and is now CEO of Inter-State Security Inc., a private security firm. Robinson has kept a relatively low profile in this race, raising just over $16,000 as of mid-September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson said he wants to address racial and economic disparities in the criminal justice system and reduce the high rate of incarceration of African-Americans and Hispanics: “I am the one who is intending to identify and promulgate a new path for San Francisco. What we need to do is to figure out how to de-incarcerate our jails.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Debate in Studio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We invited all three candidates to debate their views on our weekly current affairs program, \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/watch/archive/288227\" target=\"_blank\">\u003ci>KQED Newsroom\u003c/i>\u003c/a>. Here are some highlights from their discussion of \u003ca href=\"#sanctuary\">sanctuary city laws\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#jail\">alleged misconduct in the jails\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#bodycam\">body cameras\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"#politics\">getting along with City Hall\u003c/a>. (Excerpts have been edited for clarity and brevity.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10727090\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The candidates for S.F. Sheriff debate their views on KQED Newsroom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/IMG_2659-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The candidates for S.F. sheriff debate their views on KQED Newsroom. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"sanctuary\">\u003c/a>Sanctuary City Laws\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department released Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez from jail earlier this year, it ignored a request for cooperation from federal immigration officials. Lopez-Sanchez had been convicted of immigration violations and deported multiple times, but San Francisco’s sanctuary laws allow local law enforcement to refrain from participating in federal immigration enforcement. Shortly after his release, Lopez-Sanchez was charged with killing Kate Steinle on July 1 as she walked along the city’s waterfront, generating national debate over sanctuary laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question:\u003c/strong> Do you stand by your decision not to contact federal authorities before letting him [Lopez-Sanchez] go?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> I do. And I think it would be a real mistake for San Francisco to get sucked into this, where politicians at City Hall are professing their support for sanctuary city yet telling me with a wink and a nod to practice something different. ... There really is a schizophrenia between our municipal laws like the one signed into effect by Mayor Lee called “Due Process For All” in 2013 and how it limits that contact with ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], and the changing federal procedures of immigration and customs and enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy:\u003c/strong> The takeaway is there has to be a balance of public safety along with making sure we’re providing constitutional protections. …. I think he [Mirkarimi] erred on the wrong side of public safety in this matter. But I want to say one more thing, and that is that nobody could have known that Francisco-Lopez would go out and what would happen would happen. What we did know, though, is that he was a career criminal and we were releasing him into a city where he had no money. He had no relationships. He had nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question:\u003c/strong> How would you have handled it differently if you were the sheriff? Would you have picked up the phone and called ICE?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robinson:\u003c/strong> I certainly would have. Once that warrant was dismissed, what would have been wrong with simply saying, 'Do you want this guy?'\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the exchange \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=5m12s\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727457\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10727457 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Mirkarimi\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/mirkarimi_crop.jpg 1814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross Mirkarimi \u003ccite>(KQED Newsroom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"jail\">\u003c/a>Alleged Jail Fights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicdefender.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/03/Letter-re-Sheriff-Deputies-misconduct.pdf\">accused\u003c/a> correctional deputy Scott Neu and his colleagues of orchestrating fights in the back of the county jail and gambling on the outcome, among other abuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question: \u003c/strong>Ross, this happened under your watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> And I was the one that called in the FBI, which is the first time in modern history that a sheriff has requested the FBI to come in. Typically they don’t, unless it’s court-ordered or the U.S. district attorney requires it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robinson:\u003c/strong> When I worked as the high-security unit manager, one of the things you did is you picked your officers based off of their skills and ability and training. You don’t put an individual in charge of prisoners, who had already had a claim paid out on him for over $900,000. This issue of fighting in the back of the jail is a clear example of how they don’t respect their leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy:\u003c/strong> When I managed the jail, I did management by walking around. I walked around the jail constantly, and I think that it’s very important to have the supervisors understand what your expectations are. I think it’s very important to set the expectations, communicate the expectations, work on them, train to them and to make sure that they’re followed and monitored. I think that’s through supervision and that’s the people that have the boots on the ground as the supervisors. And managers have to be held responsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch the exchange \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EchTiri_I0U&feature=youtu.be&t=14m24s\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10727456 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Vicki Hennessy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/hennessy_crop-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicki Hennessy \u003ccite>(KQED Newsroom)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"bodycam\">\u003c/a>Body-Worn Cameras Inside Jails\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of outfitting law enforcement officers with body-worn cameras say it will increase transparency and accountability by providing a window into officers' actions. Critics of the idea cite the cost of the technology. Both sides agree that it's crucial to develop a policy for how -- and how long -- images captured on these cameras would be retained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy:\u003c/strong> There are cameras in many of the new jails and they’re in most places where there’s prisoner access. And I do think that body cameras in this case would actually help, and I do think that’s something -- particularly in this linear jail, this one-style jail that we still have left in our resources -- I think it’s important to take a look at that. I think body cameras are a tool; they’re not the answer. I think accountability, expectations, working day-to-day and no complacency [are the answer].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> I think it could be a problem altogether with culture inside prisons and jails throughout the United States. That’s why I’m the first sheriff in California to ask for body cameras to come in the jail system. I find it incomplete that President Obama and everybody else wants body cameras fitted on law enforcement on the streets of America. 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Since then, the two men have not met in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question: \u003c/strong>How many one-on-one meetings with Mayor Lee have you had?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi:\u003c/strong> Zero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question:\u003c/strong> Wouldn’t the city be better off if the mayor and sheriff were talking to each other?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mirkarimi: \u003c/strong>I think we should be very careful about the oligarchy that’s forming inside City Hall, and a manipulative mayor who decides who he wants to meet with and who he does not. We’re elected to serve all the people and you don’t cherry-pick. You get the business of the people done. But I have to tell you, the net effect of what’s happened is that I’ve become extremely resourceful and effective in making this department, we together, a national leader in criminal justice reform without the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Robinson: \u003c/strong>It’s essential for the sheriff to be able to communicate with the most powerful political person in this city in order to get the funds necessary in order to impact the system of recidivism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hennessy: \u003c/strong>I believe that in order to create new initiatives, you really have to work with your staff and the people on the ground who are going to be responsible for putting those initiatives into force, and I think that’s something that’s been missing. I think that what we’ve had is some leadership by headlines, particularly in The Examiner, and it’s been interesting to see that happen. I think that leadership requires effective communication but communication is sometimes, it’s listening, it’s not just talking but listening. It’s assessing and it’s got to be two-way communication up and down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They were developed in cooperation with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which oversees inmates' mental health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understood there needed to be some uniform protocols in place that focused on the need for surgery when it was medically necessary, when there weren't any alternatives that were feasible,\" she said. The standards are similar to those used by medical providers outside the prison system, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight-page document calls for inmates who request the surgery and meet the basic criteria to be referred for evaluation to a committee of two medical doctors, two psychiatrists and two psychologists, which would make a recommendation to another higher-level committee of medical professionals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10727523\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10727523\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison-800x1248.jpg\" alt=\"Inmates at Chino State Prison walk the hallway.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1248\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison-800x1248.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison-400x624.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison-1440x2246.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison-1180x1840.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/ChinoStatePrison-960x1497.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inmates at Chino State Prison walk the hallway. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The policy prohibits procedures that are considered merely cosmetic, including hair removal, face lifts, breast augmentations or other implants, which Hayhoe said will help hold down the cost to taxpayers. She previously estimated the cost could near $100,000, though the \u003ca href=\"http://transgenderlawcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Transgender Law Center\u003c/a> in Oakland, which has represented several inmates, said that is exaggerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are currently 375 males and 26 females in the prison system receiving hormone therapy that gives them the characteristics of the opposite sex. They are housed in prisons based on their birth gender unless they have surgery, with many in special protective housing or in mental health facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayhoe said she does not expect a flood of applications or approvals for the surgery because many won't seek it or won't qualify under guidelines that she described as conservative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jody L. Herman, a scholar of public policy who focuses on gender identity and transgender people at the\u003ca href=\"http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/\" target=\"_blank\"> Williams Institute\u003c/a>, a think-tank on LGBT issues at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the best national survey found that about 42 percent of respondents had any surgery, including some of the procedures the department defines as cosmetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the new guidelines is that the inmate must have at least two years left in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That became a factor in the case of Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, who was released from prison one day before a federal appeals court was to hear her request in August for the state prison system to pay for her sex reassignment surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the same month, the corrections department announced it would pay for the surgery for Shiloh Heavenly Quine, who is serving a life sentence for a Los Angeles County murder. 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"content": "\u003cp>Last Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-davis-confirmation-hearing-20151014-story.html\">Baltimore police arrested 16 activists\u003c/a> protesting the permanent appointment of interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis. The activists were from a group called the Baltimore Uprising coalition, formed in reaction to the death of \u003ca href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-mysterious-death-of-freddie-gray/391119/\">Freddie Gray\u003c/a>, who died of injuries sustained while in police custody in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We will not leave until one of you comes and engages with us. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MayorSRB\">@MayorSRB\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CommishKDavis\">@CommishKDavis\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaltimoreUprising?src=hash\">#BaltimoreUprising\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Kwame Rose (@kwamerose) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kwamerose/status/654476847162499074\">October 15, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Supporters and trolls took to Twitter as the group of young adults expressed disapproval of Davis' approach to policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kin, ignore the trolls. Meditate on freedom. Focus on winning. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash\">#BlackLivesMatter\u003c/a> is a simple truth worth fighting for. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaltimoreUprising?src=hash\">#BaltimoreUprising\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— malkia a. cyril (@culturejedi) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/culturejedi/status/654567187533795328\">October 15, 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Internet has changed the way we talk about race. \u003ca href=\"http://blacklivesmatter.com/\">Black Lives Matter\u003c/a> is a prime example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Black Lives Matter] could have been just like the old civil rights movement, it could have been a movement run by men, it could have been a movement that excluded queer people. ... 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