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"content": "\u003cp>Former California Gov. Jerry Brown is donating $1 million to defeat Proposition 20, a November ballot measure backed by police and prosecutors that aims to roll back some of the criminal justice reforms he championed over the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown — who still has a nearly $15 million war chest in his 2014 campaign account — said in an exclusive interview with KQED that he is donating the money because he believes the measure will make prisons less safe by making it far more difficult for thousands of inmates to have a chance at parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, he said, will lead to more prison violence and gangs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Former Gov. Jerry Brown']'Prop. 20 wants to basically eliminate all hope in the prison ... Men who have given decades will have no chance to earn their way back to society. And that's fundamental to any kind of criminal justice system that while you impose punishment, you make room for redemption and rehabilitation in the prison.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prop. 20 wants to basically eliminate all hope in the prison,” Brown said. “Men who have given decades will have no chance to earn their way back to society. And that's fundamental to any kind of criminal justice system that while you impose punishment, you make room for redemption and rehabilitation in the prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former governor is referring to provisions in Proposition 20 that would undercut another state ballot measure: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11114572/jerry-brown-pushes-earlier-release-of-felons-under-proposition-57\">Proposition 57, which Brown authored in 2016\u003c/a>. Proposition 57 allowed thousands of state prison inmates to appear before the parole board early and win release if they could demonstrate they have been rehabilitated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Brown said it would help reverse laws put into place the first time he was governor 40 years ago that drove up California’s massive incarceration rates and led to overcrowding in prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Richard Temple, a spokesman for the \u003ca href=\"https://keepcalsafe.org/about/\">Yes on Proposition 20\u003c/a> side, said Brown never told voters in 2016 that Proposition 57 would allow violent criminals a chance at parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are violent crimes that under California law are not classified as violence. And therefore, these criminals are allowed early release, which is not what Proposition 57 promised,” he said, citing rape of an unconscious person, sex trafficking of a minor, domestic violence, and assault with a deadly weapon as crimes that would be classified as violent under Proposition 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What Prop. 20 does is simply go in and say, no, these are clearly violent crimes. We want to classify them as violent,” Temple said. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not all Proposition 20 would do — the measure would also roll back key provisions of other reforms, including 2014’s Proposition 47, which is credited with keeping tens of thousands of men and women out of prisons and jails and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796149/voter-approved-criminal-justice-reform-expected-to-save-state-over-122-million\">saving California taxpayers $122 million this fiscal year alone\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of Proposition 20 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11824855/report-ballot-measure-would-put-thousands-behind-bars-harm-communities-of-color\">have warned\u003c/a> that it could lead to more Black and brown Californians being locked up, drive up prison and jail populations, increase public spending on law enforcement and incarceration by hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and divert resources from programs that rehabilitate former offenders. 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And, he charged that police and prosecutors, the main sponsors of Proposition 20, either have a vested interest in keeping jail and prison populations high or just don’t think people can be reformed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only reason that some police unions have tried to fight it — and the DAs — is that they are part of an enterprise that depends, for its growth, on more people being locked up,” he said. “Or they have this ideology that there can be no redemption, no improvement, that once a man commits one act, three or four acts, that that is his whole essence forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Yes on Proposition 20 side has about $1.6 million in the bank, while a spokeswoman for the No side said they will have more than $5 million on hand once Brown’s contribution arrives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Temple said he isn’t worried about the gulf between the campaign funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The beauty of having a really solid idea, a really solid issue that you're promoting is that you don't need to go toe to toe,” Temple said. “When you're right, it makes it less expensive to win an argument ... 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"content": "\u003cp>After years inside prison, the transition to life outside isn’t always easy. For many, the task of getting a job after being out of the workforce for several years is challenging. For others, catching up on how to use the latest smartphones or understanding social media is a difficult adjustment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ongoing discussions about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828460/california-could-release-8000-people-in-state-prisons-by-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">releasing incarcerated people early\u003c/a> to help curb the spread of the coronavirus inside prisons — and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831812/even-in-pandemic-prison-releases-pose-political-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">politics behind those discussions \u003c/a>— have shined a recent spotlight on the question of what happens when people leave prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to four men who paroled from San Quentin State Prison about their experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Philip Melendez has been out a few years and has a steady job. Sumit Lal came home last year and is teaching martial arts. More recently, Jonathan Chiu paroled in May, while Stephen Wilson paroled last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These perspectives are not meant to be comprehensive, but aim to provide a closer look at some of the faces of reentry, mostly in their own words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832955\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Philip Melendez: Transformative Justice\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Philip Melendez, 42, who was serving a life sentence, the parole board mandated that he stay in a transitional home for the first six months after getting out. The home was run by \u003ca href=\"https://www.geogroup.com/Reentry-Services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Geo Group\u003c/a> and located in a rough neighborhood in San Francisco, where he said syringes often littered the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was “not conducive to the reentry,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s now a program manager for \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/ourstory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a>, an organization working toward what they call restorative policy change. The group brings together those who have been convicted of homicide to meet with family members of homicide victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When survivors of crime or people who lost loved ones to violence want to talk to the person who did it — we facilitate the actual dialogue,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834793\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11834793\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork made by Philip Melendez at his home on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dialogues are difficult, but Melendez says it can help people take steps toward healing — a process that’s often called transformative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very, very rewarding for folks inside [prison] to see the actual harm,” he said. “For me personally, it broke me down and sent me on a completely different path.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832913\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Re:Store Justice also works with formerly incarcerated people and their family members to have a voice in policy discussions in the state Legislature on issues such as bail and parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the skills he learned inside, like tattoo art and being able to cut his own hair, have allowed Melendez to adapt to life during the pandemic, since he doesn’t need to leave his house to get a haircut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832914\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez touches up a haircut that he gave to himself at his home on July 25, 2020. He learned to cut his own hair while in prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Melendez, his work is a chance to make up for his past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have remorse and shame, and we want to show up in a world in a way that is restorative versus the way that we showed up harmfully in the community,” he said. “It becomes motivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal at the home he shares with his family in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Sumit Lal: Education in Prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sumit Lal, 24, paroled from San Quentin in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All they give you is $200 and you’re pretty much on your own,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that he had his freedom back, he said he had to ask permission from the parole board to go back to school and continue his education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a job in San Francisco and [the parole board was] really hesitant about letting me work there,” Lal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal practices taekwondo in his backyard on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, he said he feels fortunate he was at San Quentin, where he had access to programs like The Last Mile and could attend college classes through the Prison University Project as part of a program for youth offenders at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are prisons all over California and some of them are out in the middle of the desert. These people, they’re coming home and they don’t have the same resources as San Quentin does,” Lal said, emphasizing that reentry is not always the same for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832918\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal works at his home office in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lal was released last year, but he said he still talks to people in San Quentin nearly every day, where one major worry has been how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest thing for me was that people were asking me if I could send a package — they weren’t getting the soap that they were issued,” he said. “For me, it was just pretty sad to think about that unsanitary environment that they are living in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lal recently started working for the messaging platform Slack and works from home due to COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Jonathan Chiu: Best and Worst Things\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Chiu paroled from San Quentin in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really felt guilty when I left, because a lot of guys didn’t get the same luck that I got,” said Chiu, 37, of his release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the reality of his release didn’t kick in until he saw his friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been away for about 15 years now. I was glad I missed the whole social media thing … and the whole financial crisis,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been volunteering at a food pantry and advocating for others inside, in addition to experimenting with stand-up comedy reflecting on his life — that he is now doing via Zoom open mics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get everybody out — I left my family back there,” he said, referring to his many friends who are still incarcerated at San Quentin. The COVID-19 case rate there \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rose steadily from June to August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chiu, who said he is trying to relearn how to do many things like ride a bike and take public transit, the transition hasn’t been too rough. In some ways, he said prison prepared him for sheltering in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shelter-in-place kind of worked well for me, we’re kind of trained [in prison] to be very vigilant about where we are and who is walking behind us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832920\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832920\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. He’s happy to be out and spends a lot of time thinking about his friends who are still inside and working on ways to help get them out. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chiu sees the COVID-19 outbreak in San Quentin as both the best and worst thing that could happen there, because people are “shining a light on mass incarceration” and advocating with renewed effort to improve conditions inside prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The age of San Quentin and its design — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/90539380/bad-design-kills-why-covid-19-spread-like-wildfire-at-one-of-americas-worst-prisons?partner=feedburner\">with poor ventilation and even windows that are welded shut\u003c/a> — make the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak particularly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, whatever your neighbor is cooking — you are smelling, because all that air is circulating throughout the prison. Once one person gets [COVID-19] there’s no way you can stop that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832921\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832921\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu rides his bike near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. Chiu has family in Los Angeles but chose to stay in the Bay Area to be closer to the friends and community he made in San Quentin. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These days, most of what Chiu is doing is trying to advocate for others inside. He sees it as a matter of life and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we look back on this, like 10 years from now, are we going to say, ‘Did we make the right choice by not doing anything and letting people die inside San Quentin?” he asked. “By not acting, the fact is that people in prison right now are basically being sentenced to death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832924\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Stephen Wilson: COVID-19 Inside, Smartphones Outside\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Stephen Wilson, 75, is a veteran and was paroled from San Quentin in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was very difficult to transition. I thought I was going to die in prison and other people thought the same thing,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, who was serving a life sentence, said that when COVID-19 cases began climbing at San Quentin, social distancing was impossible, especially because of the size of the cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re so small that you can lay in your bunk and put your elbow against the wall — and reach out and touch the other bunk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got sick, but “weathered the storm in my cell,” he said of his own battle with COVID-19. “Because when you get sick in prison they punish you. A lot of us that got sick didn’t say anything, we just weathered the storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson said that when a doctor came to check on his shoulder from a previous surgery, Wilson told the doctor his symptoms — splitting headaches for two days, lost appetite, chills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctor told him, “You had the COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson estimated he got it around June 20 and had it for roughly the next two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832923\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on August 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on Aug. 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson added that most of the staff at San Quentin was courteous and respectful and “doing time there was way better than some of the other places — but it is just so filthy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that he’s out, Wilson attributes a cough he acquired during his time at San Quentin to the mold there. He said his new doctor even asked him if was a smoker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832922\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they're currently staying. The two met 38 years ago and were reunited at the Veterans Transition Center. They often go to one another's house for dinner, ride their bikes or take the bus to nearby towns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they’re currently staying. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson has been riding his bicycle, getting acquainted with the bus schedule and adjusting to new methods of communication. The Veterans Transition Center, which helps formerly incarcerated veterans adjust after leaving prison, gave him a smart phone, but, for now, he prefers his flip phone, because it is easier to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m still a little bit overwhelmed,” he said, but added that VTC case managers have helped him tremendously. “Today I was out most of the day with a friend of mine, who I have known for 38 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two were recently reunited at the VTC and now often go to one another’s houses for dinner, ride their bikes together or take the bus to nearby towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few organizations that offer reentry services and support:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/restoreadvocates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Group\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://antirecidivism.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anti-Recidivism Coalition\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bayareafreedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Freedom Collective Reentry Group\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reentryprograms.com/go/berkeley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Options, Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And check out KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11815458/how-can-you-help-people-in-prison-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Can You Help People in Prison Right Now?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After years inside prison, the transition to life outside isn’t always easy. For many, the task of getting a job after being out of the workforce for several years is challenging. For others, catching up on how to use the latest smartphones or understanding social media is a difficult adjustment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ongoing discussions about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828460/california-could-release-8000-people-in-state-prisons-by-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">releasing incarcerated people early\u003c/a> to help curb the spread of the coronavirus inside prisons — and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831812/even-in-pandemic-prison-releases-pose-political-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">politics behind those discussions \u003c/a>— have shined a recent spotlight on the question of what happens when people leave prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to four men who paroled from San Quentin State Prison about their experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Philip Melendez has been out a few years and has a steady job. Sumit Lal came home last year and is teaching martial arts. More recently, Jonathan Chiu paroled in May, while Stephen Wilson paroled last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These perspectives are not meant to be comprehensive, but aim to provide a closer look at some of the faces of reentry, mostly in their own words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832955\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Philip Melendez: Transformative Justice\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Philip Melendez, 42, who was serving a life sentence, the parole board mandated that he stay in a transitional home for the first six months after getting out. The home was run by \u003ca href=\"https://www.geogroup.com/Reentry-Services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Geo Group\u003c/a> and located in a rough neighborhood in San Francisco, where he said syringes often littered the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was “not conducive to the reentry,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s now a program manager for \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/ourstory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a>, an organization working toward what they call restorative policy change. The group brings together those who have been convicted of homicide to meet with family members of homicide victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When survivors of crime or people who lost loved ones to violence want to talk to the person who did it — we facilitate the actual dialogue,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834793\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11834793\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork made by Philip Melendez at his home on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dialogues are difficult, but Melendez says it can help people take steps toward healing — a process that’s often called transformative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very, very rewarding for folks inside [prison] to see the actual harm,” he said. “For me personally, it broke me down and sent me on a completely different path.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832913\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Re:Store Justice also works with formerly incarcerated people and their family members to have a voice in policy discussions in the state Legislature on issues such as bail and parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the skills he learned inside, like tattoo art and being able to cut his own hair, have allowed Melendez to adapt to life during the pandemic, since he doesn’t need to leave his house to get a haircut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832914\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez touches up a haircut that he gave to himself at his home on July 25, 2020. He learned to cut his own hair while in prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Melendez, his work is a chance to make up for his past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have remorse and shame, and we want to show up in a world in a way that is restorative versus the way that we showed up harmfully in the community,” he said. “It becomes motivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal at the home he shares with his family in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Sumit Lal: Education in Prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sumit Lal, 24, paroled from San Quentin in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All they give you is $200 and you’re pretty much on your own,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that he had his freedom back, he said he had to ask permission from the parole board to go back to school and continue his education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a job in San Francisco and [the parole board was] really hesitant about letting me work there,” Lal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal practices taekwondo in his backyard on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, he said he feels fortunate he was at San Quentin, where he had access to programs like The Last Mile and could attend college classes through the Prison University Project as part of a program for youth offenders at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are prisons all over California and some of them are out in the middle of the desert. These people, they’re coming home and they don’t have the same resources as San Quentin does,” Lal said, emphasizing that reentry is not always the same for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832918\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal works at his home office in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lal was released last year, but he said he still talks to people in San Quentin nearly every day, where one major worry has been how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest thing for me was that people were asking me if I could send a package — they weren’t getting the soap that they were issued,” he said. “For me, it was just pretty sad to think about that unsanitary environment that they are living in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lal recently started working for the messaging platform Slack and works from home due to COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Jonathan Chiu: Best and Worst Things\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Chiu paroled from San Quentin in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really felt guilty when I left, because a lot of guys didn’t get the same luck that I got,” said Chiu, 37, of his release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the reality of his release didn’t kick in until he saw his friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been away for about 15 years now. I was glad I missed the whole social media thing … and the whole financial crisis,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been volunteering at a food pantry and advocating for others inside, in addition to experimenting with stand-up comedy reflecting on his life — that he is now doing via Zoom open mics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get everybody out — I left my family back there,” he said, referring to his many friends who are still incarcerated at San Quentin. The COVID-19 case rate there \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rose steadily from June to August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chiu, who said he is trying to relearn how to do many things like ride a bike and take public transit, the transition hasn’t been too rough. In some ways, he said prison prepared him for sheltering in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shelter-in-place kind of worked well for me, we’re kind of trained [in prison] to be very vigilant about where we are and who is walking behind us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832920\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832920\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. He’s happy to be out and spends a lot of time thinking about his friends who are still inside and working on ways to help get them out. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chiu sees the COVID-19 outbreak in San Quentin as both the best and worst thing that could happen there, because people are “shining a light on mass incarceration” and advocating with renewed effort to improve conditions inside prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The age of San Quentin and its design — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/90539380/bad-design-kills-why-covid-19-spread-like-wildfire-at-one-of-americas-worst-prisons?partner=feedburner\">with poor ventilation and even windows that are welded shut\u003c/a> — make the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak particularly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, whatever your neighbor is cooking — you are smelling, because all that air is circulating throughout the prison. Once one person gets [COVID-19] there’s no way you can stop that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832921\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832921\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu rides his bike near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. Chiu has family in Los Angeles but chose to stay in the Bay Area to be closer to the friends and community he made in San Quentin. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These days, most of what Chiu is doing is trying to advocate for others inside. He sees it as a matter of life and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we look back on this, like 10 years from now, are we going to say, ‘Did we make the right choice by not doing anything and letting people die inside San Quentin?” he asked. “By not acting, the fact is that people in prison right now are basically being sentenced to death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832924\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Stephen Wilson: COVID-19 Inside, Smartphones Outside\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Stephen Wilson, 75, is a veteran and was paroled from San Quentin in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was very difficult to transition. I thought I was going to die in prison and other people thought the same thing,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, who was serving a life sentence, said that when COVID-19 cases began climbing at San Quentin, social distancing was impossible, especially because of the size of the cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re so small that you can lay in your bunk and put your elbow against the wall — and reach out and touch the other bunk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got sick, but “weathered the storm in my cell,” he said of his own battle with COVID-19. “Because when you get sick in prison they punish you. A lot of us that got sick didn’t say anything, we just weathered the storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson said that when a doctor came to check on his shoulder from a previous surgery, Wilson told the doctor his symptoms — splitting headaches for two days, lost appetite, chills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctor told him, “You had the COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson estimated he got it around June 20 and had it for roughly the next two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832923\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on August 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on Aug. 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson added that most of the staff at San Quentin was courteous and respectful and “doing time there was way better than some of the other places — but it is just so filthy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that he’s out, Wilson attributes a cough he acquired during his time at San Quentin to the mold there. He said his new doctor even asked him if was a smoker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832922\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they're currently staying. The two met 38 years ago and were reunited at the Veterans Transition Center. They often go to one another's house for dinner, ride their bikes or take the bus to nearby towns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they’re currently staying. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson has been riding his bicycle, getting acquainted with the bus schedule and adjusting to new methods of communication. The Veterans Transition Center, which helps formerly incarcerated veterans adjust after leaving prison, gave him a smart phone, but, for now, he prefers his flip phone, because it is easier to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m still a little bit overwhelmed,” he said, but added that VTC case managers have helped him tremendously. “Today I was out most of the day with a friend of mine, who I have known for 38 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two were recently reunited at the VTC and now often go to one another’s houses for dinner, ride their bikes together or take the bus to nearby towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few organizations that offer reentry services and support:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/restoreadvocates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Group\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://antirecidivism.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anti-Recidivism Coalition\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bayareafreedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Freedom Collective Reentry Group\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reentryprograms.com/go/berkeley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Options, Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And check out KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11815458/how-can-you-help-people-in-prison-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Can You Help People in Prison Right Now?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As COVID-19 cases continue to rise inside \u003ca href=\"https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/01/a-state-by-state-look-at-coronavirus-in-prisons\">state and federal prisons\u003c/a> across the United States, increasing attention is being drawn to the conditions inside those facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, there have been at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/01/a-state-by-state-look-at-coronavirus-in-prisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">765 deaths\u003c/a> from coronavirus-related causes, while the rate of COVID-19 infections is \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five times higher\u003c/a> inside lockups compared to the general population, according to research by Johns Hopkins University and the \u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/criminal-justice-program/ucla-covid-19-behind-bars-data-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project\u003c/a> published in the \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal of American Medical Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several lawsuits are alleging delayed and inadequate health care and are seeking to hold both state and federal prison systems accountable around the country, including lawsuits in \u003ca href=\"https://ctmirror.org/2020/04/21/aclu-class-action-federal-lawsuit-lower-prison-population-ct-coronavirus/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecticut\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-sues-oakdale-federal-prison-release-those-most-risk-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louisiana\u003c/a> and here in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11831939/the-california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation-rejects-petition-for-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic is also raising broader questions surrounding medical ethics, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808531/what-happens-when-the-ventilators-run-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what happens when ventilators run out \u003c/a>and is it ethical to keep incarcerated people confined in conditions known to increase the spread of the virus?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California state prisons, where at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">8,600\u003c/a> prisoners have been infected and at least 52 have died, lawmakers and advocates have been calling for the release of more prisoners to help draw down the population inside and reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Brian Watt spoke with Dr. Charles Binkley, the director of bioethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University to dig into solutions to the pandemic inside prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: As a bioethicist, what does California’s handling of the crisis in the prisons tell you? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Charles Binkley:\u003c/strong> The jury is a little bit out on that, and I think that it is going to be a critical and crucial issue that Californians are going to face. But we have to find longer-term solutions around criminal justice reform, and that has to take into account emerging communicable diseases and our ability to control them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In bioethics, we think about the one standard of care for all, regardless of who comes in or what they’ve done. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Charles Binkley, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University\"]‘In bioethics, we think about the one standard of care for all, regardless of who comes in or what they’ve done.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We treat everybody the same and we’re really blind, just like justice should be blind. We as providers are blind so we treat everyone with the same high quality standard of care. And that’s just not happening. And this is unmasking that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morally and ethically, what responsibilities does the government have in caring for incarcerated people?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that they have the same responsibility that we all do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know that prisons are already overcrowded. We know that it’s an older, sicker population and we know there’s less access to high-quality care. And so I think what has to happen, first of all, is you have to be able to translate those basic public health priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think you start by decarcerating. You look at who are the people that can be released early and focus on vulnerable populations within that group — so that you reduce prison crowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How do you also think about the ethics of releasing inmates and whether that is really going to make formerly incarcerated people safer when they go out into the world?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think about it just purely from a public health perspective, so we know that the boundaries between the prison and the surrounding communities is porous to begin with. And so you really need to make sure that there’s been proper testing and isolation of incarcerated people before you release them out into society or out into the community. The same thing is true with staff of the prison. The community is itself at risk — if there’s an uncontrolled infection within the prison itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does the fact that our prisons are overcrowded and that health care standards inside prisons are different from the outside say something about our society? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely, I think that it says something very important. It says that we’ve neglected this idea of justice — we’ve neglected the idea that everyone should have equal access to the highest possible quality of medical care. It’s particularly problematic when you think about our status as a nation and our relative wealth as a nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is the federal government doing during this moment, and what is it saying to you as a bioethicist?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does seem a bit perverse for the federal government to resume executions in the middle of a pandemic while other systems throughout the world are looking at decarcerating inmates, looking at reexamination of some of their criminal justice structures in the middle of the pandemic. Our federal government is executing people and making its citizens witness to those executions while there’s so many of us that are fearful of the virus. And also so many people who are out of work. So many people who are suffering otherwise and dying unnecessarily in the midst of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Aug. 6\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five months into the coronavirus pandemic, the California state prison system is still struggling to control the biggest risk factor for transmitting COVID-19 to inmates — its own staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after acknowledging that workers, who come and go every day, are the main vector for infecting incarcerated people, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) missed a court-imposed deadline of July 16 to test all of its 49,000 staff, according to a recent court filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is also struggling to finalize a plan for ongoing testing of corrections officers, cooks, cleaners and medical workers that attorneys for inmates have challenged in federal court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sophie Hart, Prison Law Office\"]'We are very concerned. ... There are apparently hundreds of staff members who still haven’t been tested, any one of which could bring the virus into the prisons.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very concerned,” said Sophie Hart, a Prison Law Office attorney. “There are apparently hundreds of staff members who still haven’t been tested, any one of which could bring the virus into the prisons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR said it had tested an average of 90% of the staff across the 35 prisons in the system, according to the agency’s July 22 data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, that average obscures the fact that some prisons have tested far below that rate. Approximately 20% of the staff had yet to be tested in a dozen prisons, while one prison had only tested 59% of their staff, according to court documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR said that testing all its workers — or baseline testing — hadn’t been completed for a number of reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some institutions have experienced a recent increase in retirements, and a large number of staff members have been out on long-term sick leave, pre-approved time off, or family and medical leave,” department lawyers wrote in a court filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR said it is taking steps to complete the initial testing as soon as possible and the agency is negotiating how to continuously test employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"cdcr\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Staff as the Main Vector’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">8,500\u003c/a> incarcerated people have contracted the virus in California, and at least 50 have died. Once the virus gets inside the close confines of a prison, it spreads rapidly among people sharing cells and bathrooms and congregating in exercise yards and chow halls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court-appointed federal receiver responsible for monitoring whether prisons are providing adequate health care has identified prison staff as the “main vector for spreading COVID-19 in the state prisons and has recommended that all staff at all institutions be tested for COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808622/gov-newsom-halts-prison-transfers-of-new-inmates-citing-coronavirus-threat\">halted intake of new felons\u003c/a> in early March, and after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827142/lawmakers-want-stronger-covid-19-protections-in-california-prisons\">disastrous transfer of inmates\u003c/a> from a prison with an active outbreak to San Quentin, strengthened its transfer protocols. But the flow of tens of thousands of staff to work and home every day continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest concern by far is staff,” said Stefano Bertozzi, dean emeritus of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. “Staff can't be quarantined every time they enter the prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after baseline testing of all prison staff is completed, repeat testing — or “surveillance testing” — will be critical to preventing future outbreaks of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"CDCR worked closely with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to develop a comprehensive staff-testing plan that includes ongoing testing of staff at all institutions statewide,” said CDCR press secretary Dana Simas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At prisons that provide skilled nursing care for medically vulnerable people, the CDCR says it will routinely test 25% of the staff every seven days, such that all staff get tested once a month. If there are any active cases at those facilities, staff get tested every seven days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prisons with lower-risk populations that have active cases of COVID-19 should retest all its staff every 14 days, while prisons that don’t have active cases should test 10% of its staff every 14 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bertozzi said that even testing every seven days may not be frequent enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Seven days is a very long time,” he said. “If you turn positive on the day after testing, then you will spend most of your infectious period ... without being detected until testing comes back around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Stefano Bertozzi, UC Berkeley School of Public Health\"]'Seven days is a very long time. If you turn positive on the day after testing, then you will spend most of your infectious period ... without being detected.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The testing schedule that the CDCR plans for lower-risk prisons — 10% of staff every 14 days — will do even less to catch a case early and prevent a potential outbreak, Bertozzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That's not at all helpful unless you happen to catch somebody when they happen to be infected and are able to respond,” he said. “It means that 90% of the people, if they happen to be infected, they're not going to be removed from susceptible staff or prisoners. They're going to continue working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current CDCR policy also directs any staff member who experiences potential COVID-19 symptoms to seek a medical evaluation to assess whether they need a test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Prison Law Office’s Hart says that guidance isn’t stringent enough. Instead, said Hart, any symptomatic employee should be immediately given a test, because arranging to see a doctor first isn’t a rapid enough response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most important thing when you're doing a staff testing plan like this is to quickly identify staff members who have it and then to figure out who they might have come into contact with,” Hart said. “We don't think that the CDCR's plan does enough to reach either of those goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDCR said in its rebuttal that it is following guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and also pointed out that “testing resources are at a premium and testing volumes and turnaround times statewide are stretched thin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is therefore important for staff who believe they may have a symptom consistent with COVID-19 to undergo a medical evaluation and to be assessed by a medical professional who can better determine whether testing is warranted in light of their symptomatology,” the CDCR wrote in a court filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently there are more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/cdcr-cchcs-covid-19-status/\">1,030 active cases \u003c/a>of the coronavirus among staff, and eight have died since late May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Testing Between Yards\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While most prison staff are assigned to certain posts for three years at a time, they’re also often asked to work in more than one area of a prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a memo from early May, the CDCR said, “It would not be feasible to make all dorm assignments permanent and completely static because the prisons need to have the flexibility to send custody staff to locations where they are needed, which can change from day to day due to staff illness, leave, emergencies, changes in programming, staffing shortages, promotions, and transfers, among other reasons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is despite national guidance from the CDC that “it is \u003cstrong>essential\u003c/strong> for staff members to maintain a consistent duty assignment in the same area of the facility across shifts to prevent transmission across different facility areas” (emphasis is the CDC’s).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Yvonne Walker, SEIU Local 1000 president\"]'They’re fearful about bringing something home to their families or their being patient zero and bringing something into the institution.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bertozzi said that any staff member who works in more than one housing unit within a prison should be tested on the day they change work assignments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDCR is still negotiating the details of how widespread testing should be if a new case is confirmed at a prison — whether to limit testing to an employee’s regularly assigned yard or to conduct broader contact tracing and test across multiple yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the California Correctional Peace Officers Association and the Service Employees International Union, the unions representing prison officers and other prison staff respectively, have expressed support for regular testing of staff if it is free of cost and provided during work hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re fearful about bringing something home to their families or their being patient zero and bringing something into the institution,” said Yvonne Walker, president of SEIU Local 1000, which represents nearly 19,000 service workers throughout state prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, Bertozzi said, rigorous staff testing doesn’t only protect those incarcerated inside, but also the surrounding community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The introduction [of COVID-19] to the prisons is most typically through staff. 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Two years earlier, led by Democrats, Congress had passed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/20/18677998/joe-biden-1994-crime-bill-law-mass-incarceration\">national crime bill\u003c/a>, while California voters overwhelmingly approved the state’s draconian \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/20142.htm#:~:text=California's%20Three%20Strikes%20sentencing%20law%20was%20originally%20enacted%20in%201994,otherwise%20provided%20for%20the%20crime\">three-strikes law\u003c/a> a few months later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a movement that crossed party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I found myself standing before a judge … where I was being sentenced and tried as an adult and basically told that I was gonna go to prison for the rest of my life,” Mendoza recalled. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(I was) called the super predator, a monster, a kid who was never going to succeed … At that age, I couldn’t fathom or understand why I was being thrown away. And it felt really hopeless,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendoza likely would have spent the rest of his life in prison. But in 2013, state lawmakers passed \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB260\">a bill\u003c/a> allowing parole hearings for inmates like him, who committed their crimes as juveniles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jessica Levinson, Loyola Law School\"]‘What’s gonna hurt Gov. Newsom more? Is it a story that there was a coronavirus explosion in prisons, or is it a story that a prisoner he released committed a heinous crime? I think it’s probably door number two.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the face of a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce the state’s prison population, that legislation is the type of go-slow, incremental approach to prison release that California has embraced over the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal court order to reduce the inmate population is still in place – and now, with COVID-19 exploding in state prisons, Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to release thousands of state prisoners early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s decision is being criticized by criminal justice hardliners as as a threat to public safety even as advocates for prisoners say it doesn’t go far enough. More than \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">8,300 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 and 50 inmates have died\u003c/a> so far from coronavirus complications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendoza, who is now national director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedreamcorps.org/our-programs/cut50/\">#Cut50 campaign\u003c/a>, which aims to reduce both incarceration and crime across the nation, said it’s not surprising that Newsom hasn’t gone even further with those releases, offering them only to people who would be getting out within six months anyway or are at severe risk of dying from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that within the last five governors, starting from 2000 till now, (criminal justice reform) has been piecemeal and it’s been piecemeal because of the scare tactics and the Willie Horton stories and the politics,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willie Horton. It’s a name that inevitably comes up when you talk about the intersection of politics and criminal justice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horton, a Black man, was used in Republican campaign ads to attack Democrat Michael Dukakis during the 1988 presidential race against George H.W. Bush. Horton, a convicted murderer, was furloughed from prison for a weekend and went on to commit rape, assault and robbery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the nightmare scenario for any politician, said Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What governors don’t want when we’re talking about prisoner release is the headline that says, ‘Gov. Newsom released this prisoner and then they did this egregious thing,’ ” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even a progressive Democrat in a deep-blue state will consider the political tradeoffs, Levinson said. She noted that under both Newsom and his predecessor, Jerry Brown, the state only moved to cut the prison population under duress: first a court order, now a global pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s gonna hurt Gov. Newsom more? Is it a story that there was a coronavirus explosion in the prisons or is it a story that a prisoner that he released committed a heinous crime? I think it’s probably door number two, and I think that could be part of his reticence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Leno spent 14 years in the state Legislature starting in 2002. He had a front-row seat to the state’s evolution on criminal justice policy over that period, as voters became more disillusioned with prison spending and more open to rolling back the harsh laws of the 1990s. He acknowledged that just one Willie Horton can do lasting political damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11830217 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-5-1.jpg']“Just one, just one. That’s all you need. One horrible situation where someone re-offends in a very unpleasant, brutal way,” Leno said. “And so that’s always in the back of someone’s mind. And nothing is foolproof. Nothing is 100% … There is risk involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leno was among the Democrats pushing most aggressively for more prison releases during his time in the Legislature, and he came up against staunch opposition, even when the \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100SB1399\">prisoners in question were comatose\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d think that would be the low-hanging fruit, that would be the slam dunk,” he said of the bill to release medically incapacitated prisoners, who were costing the state tens of millions of dollars a year. “We got a lot of resistance to this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leno noted that it wasn’t just the Supreme Court order that finally prompted state leaders to consider laws aimed at reducing the prison population: It was that order, combined with a state budget crisis, as well as shifting public opinion. Many of the most significant criminal justice reforms enacted in California over the past decade were passed by voters, not lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those who have voted against those types of laws consistently is state Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Tehama. He opposes Newsom’s release plan, even though it is largely limited to prisoners set for release soon anyway, saying it ignores the rights of victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The victims, they are the most forgotten individuals in all of criminal justice today … They have no standing anymore. And that’s very tragically sad,” Nielsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11829407 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/DSC01718-1020x681.jpeg']Nielsen also believes that the prisoners set for release are not yet rehabilitated, and that they could spread COVID-19 to the broader community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They will be doing what un-rehabilitated criminals do. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ceasar McDowell was released from San Quentin State Prison on June 26, his pre-scheduled release date — unrelated to the coronavirus — after serving a 20-year sentence on a three strikes violation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 46-year-old from Rialto, California spent his last four days in the prison’s COVID-19 ward, even though he had no symptoms and never received the results of the coronavirus test he had taken as a “just-in-case” measure, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Stefano Bertozzi, UC Berkeley public health professor\"]'They don't have to do their time now if they're not a danger to the community.'[/pullquote]McDowell said those final days — sitting in a cell with men coughing all around him — were some of the most brutal of his entire incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell’s family had driven all the way from Southern California and Oregon to see him walk out of the prison’s gates, and he planned to have a celebratory breakfast with them before they drove him to his transitional housing arrangement in Van Nuys, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that morning, instead of being greeted by his family, McDowell was handcuffed, placed in a van and driven seven hours south to Corona, California where he would have to spend several weeks in mandatory quarantine at a hotel that prison officials were using to house inmates exposed to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They stole that moment from my family,” McDowell said. “All those years your family waits to come pick you up — your mom, your grandma. It was all of them at the gate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11830242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11830242 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1376\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400-800x917.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400-1020x1170.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Image-from-iOS-4-1-e1595457345400-160x183.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceasar McDowell in the office of Unite the People, the organization he runs with his brother. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Ceasar McDowell)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After 11 days, McDowell was released from the hotel, where his brother came to pick him up. At no point during his ordeal did he receive his test results. Now, he has been left in the lurch, unsure if his transitional housing spot is even still available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Restricted movements and last-minute transportation plans can occur based upon COVID-19 testing and requests to participate in the program,” a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell’s account offers a first look at the prisoner reentry process during the COVID-19 pandemic, as CDCR grapples with how to quickly release thousands of additional inmates into an under-resourced system.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pressure to Release\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Until late May, San Quentin had remained untouched by the coronavirus. That \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823976/botched-outbreak-of-covid-19-at-san-quentin-was-preventable-lawmaker-says\">quickly changed\u003c/a> when a group of 121 incarcerated people from the California Institution for Men in Chino were transferred to the Marin County facility without being tested immediately beforehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subsequent outbreak inside the prison — of more than 2,000 cumulative positive cases, resulting in at least 12 deaths — sparked widespread outcry among inmates’ families, criminal justice advocates and state lawmakers, who held an oversight hearing on the situation in early July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828460/california-could-release-8000-people-in-state-prisons-by-august\">CDCR officials announced\u003c/a> that as many as 8,000 people — about 7% of the state prison population — would be released from prisons across California by the end of August in order to slow the spread of the virus. Inmates with 180 days or less left on the sentences, serving nonviolent, non-sex offense crimes, would be prioritized, as would inmates over 65 with chronic conditions or respiratory illnesses like asthma, officials said\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though prisoner advocacy groups and health experts say the announcement is a step in the right direction, many doubt the likelihood CDCR will meet that target, and argue that far more inmates need to be released to effectively control the outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://amend.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVID19-Outbreak-SQ-Prison-6.15.2020.pdf\">A study by public health experts\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley and UCSF published in late-June recommended San Quentin cut its prison population by more than 50% in order to effectively quell the spread of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley public health professor Stefano Bertozzi, who co-authored the study, argues that nonviolent inmates with hypertension and diabetes should also be considered for early release\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don't have to do their time now if they're not a danger to the community. And they're certainly a danger to themselves and to the community if they're in a prison where the transmission can happen so easily,” Bertozzi said, who hopes prison officials will consider more sweeping releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Risk Assessment\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some advocates also argue that CDCR’s policy to only consider releasing inmates without violent or sex crime convictions can lead to arbitrary decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example, you can have a robbery from a Safeway, where someone is walking out with a box of donuts or something really low level and they get into a scuffle with a security guard and push him,” said Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/uncertain-future-for-prisoners-released-during-pan/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Uncertain Future for Prisoners Released During Pandemic\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some officials, he explained, might consider that a violent crime, while others might not, a decision that could potentially block many inmates from release who don’t pose any real threat of violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The established thresholds for release also create a paradoxical situation, said UC Hastings law professor Hadar Aviram, because inmates convicted of violent crimes often serve longer sentences and many have consequently grown old in prison, putting them at greater risk of transmission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These categories are ignoring the obvious,” she said, adding that many of these older inmates — regardless of what crime they committed long ago — are “pretty much the ideal population to release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are people, given everything that we know from criminology, who have aged out of crime,” she said. “They don't actually pose a risk to public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom noted as much at a briefing in late June, pointing out that San Quentin was known as a place for “rehabilitation” especially among older inmates, where 42% of the prison’s incarcerated population “is deemed medically vulnerable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at a press conference several days later, in response to mounting pressure to release inmates, Newsom said he didn’t want inmates to be released without concrete plans in place for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question is, do you make a bad situation worse by releasing someone that's not ready to be released because they don't have a place to stay?” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That factor is of particular concern for Dr. Bertozzi, who said some inmates may find themselves in situations far worse than what Cesar McDowell experienced, potentially exposed to COVID-19 with nowhere to safely quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggests CDCR provide people coming out of San Quentin with motel, or “unused hospital” rooms where “people can spend a couple of weeks and be tested and then go back to their communities once they've finished their quarantine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"san-quentin\"]“We need to be very careful about not taking the infections in San Quentin and introducing them into communities,” Bertozzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where Do They Go?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In order to prevent the spread of the virus, post-incarceration, CDCR developed an initiative called ‘Project Hope’, placing recently released inmates who may have tested positive or been exposed to the virus into hotel rooms for up to 14 days. It seeks to “protect formerly incarcerated people who are at risk for homelessness or housing instability, and the communities to which they are returning,” officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program launched May 3, and to date has sheltered more than 125 people in 60 hotels across 30 counties, according to CDCR spokesperson Jeffrey Callison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of State and Community Corrections said it approved $15 million from its federal emergency COVID-19 funding to be allocated to CDCR so the department can provide more housing for inmates being released. But it is still unclear if the accommodations will be an expansion of traditional transitional housing — a group home setting where people released from long sentences temporarily stay before moving to permanent housing. These types of programs are normally required by the state Parole Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing is, of course, just one of the many challenges that people recently released from prison face — particularly during a pandemic, when job opportunities are scarce and support services stretched thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for McDowell, he said he’s ready for his life to begin again. After 11 days spent at the Project Hope hotel, he was released on July 7 and is hoping to be able to continue staying with his brother, with whom he runs a legal aid organization. McDowell said the transitional home he was supposed to go to is now on lockdown because of the virus, and now the prospect of going there feels like facing a six-month prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I might have to go lock in somewhere and be cut off from the world again for however many months it takes for them to open up for transitional houses, so that I'm not happy about,” he said. “That's bothering me. That stays on my head every single second, every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement released last week, Jennifer Shaffer, the executive officer of the Board of Parole hearings, said the Board would “evaluate alternative placements for people … given the potential impact of COVID-19 on group living environments,” with consideration of “pro-social friend or relative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell is hoping that will be the case for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think I'll have any problem transitioning into life,” he said. “I just want to get started.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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At no point during his ordeal did he receive his test results. Now, he has been left in the lurch, unsure if his transitional housing spot is even still available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Restricted movements and last-minute transportation plans can occur based upon COVID-19 testing and requests to participate in the program,” a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell’s account offers a first look at the prisoner reentry process during the COVID-19 pandemic, as CDCR grapples with how to quickly release thousands of additional inmates into an under-resourced system.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pressure to Release\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Until late May, San Quentin had remained untouched by the coronavirus. 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Inmates with 180 days or less left on the sentences, serving nonviolent, non-sex offense crimes, would be prioritized, as would inmates over 65 with chronic conditions or respiratory illnesses like asthma, officials said\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though prisoner advocacy groups and health experts say the announcement is a step in the right direction, many doubt the likelihood CDCR will meet that target, and argue that far more inmates need to be released to effectively control the outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://amend.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVID19-Outbreak-SQ-Prison-6.15.2020.pdf\">A study by public health experts\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley and UCSF published in late-June recommended San Quentin cut its prison population by more than 50% in order to effectively quell the spread of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley public health professor Stefano Bertozzi, who co-authored the study, argues that nonviolent inmates with hypertension and diabetes should also be considered for early release\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don't have to do their time now if they're not a danger to the community. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We need to be very careful about not taking the infections in San Quentin and introducing them into communities,” Bertozzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where Do They Go?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In order to prevent the spread of the virus, post-incarceration, CDCR developed an initiative called ‘Project Hope’, placing recently released inmates who may have tested positive or been exposed to the virus into hotel rooms for up to 14 days. It seeks to “protect formerly incarcerated people who are at risk for homelessness or housing instability, and the communities to which they are returning,” officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program launched May 3, and to date has sheltered more than 125 people in 60 hotels across 30 counties, according to CDCR spokesperson Jeffrey Callison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of State and Community Corrections said it approved $15 million from its federal emergency COVID-19 funding to be allocated to CDCR so the department can provide more housing for inmates being released. But it is still unclear if the accommodations will be an expansion of traditional transitional housing — a group home setting where people released from long sentences temporarily stay before moving to permanent housing. These types of programs are normally required by the state Parole Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing is, of course, just one of the many challenges that people recently released from prison face — particularly during a pandemic, when job opportunities are scarce and support services stretched thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for McDowell, he said he’s ready for his life to begin again. After 11 days spent at the Project Hope hotel, he was released on July 7 and is hoping to be able to continue staying with his brother, with whom he runs a legal aid organization. McDowell said the transitional home he was supposed to go to is now on lockdown because of the virus, and now the prospect of going there feels like facing a six-month prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I might have to go lock in somewhere and be cut off from the world again for however many months it takes for them to open up for transitional houses, so that I'm not happy about,” he said. “That's bothering me. That stays on my head every single second, every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement released last week, Jennifer Shaffer, the executive officer of the Board of Parole hearings, said the Board would “evaluate alternative placements for people … given the potential impact of COVID-19 on group living environments,” with consideration of “pro-social friend or relative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDowell is hoping that will be the case for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think I'll have any problem transitioning into life,” he said. “I just want to get started.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Immigration officials commonly issue a “detainer,” requesting that prison officials notify them when an incarcerated immigrant is set to be released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"california-state-prison\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week Ralph Diaz, the head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said in a state Senate hearing that his agency does inform ICE of incarcerated immigrants’ release dates, and coordinates a transfer to ICE agents who take the person into custody. He said he had no plan to end the practice, which he said was the same way that CDCR responds to a hold placed by any other law enforcement agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in their letter to Newsom, Bonta and the other lawmakers said California is under no legal obligation to assist the federal government with deportations, and the governor and CDCR can end the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s office did not respond to a request for comment by press time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant advocates said Monday that transfers from CDCR are the primary way that people are being taken into ICE custody in California since the start of the pandemic. CDCR transferred 575 people to ICE between Jan. 1 to May 13, according to Angela Chan, policy director for the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan said she is aware of only one instance this year in which a person was released from state prison and not picked up by ICE — that’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827388/cambodian-refugee-leaves-san-quentin-with-covid-19-but-avoids-ice-detention\">the case of Chanthon Bun\u003c/a>, a Cambodian refugee who was set free from San Quentin State Prison last week after earning early parole, having served 23 years of a 49-year sentence for an armed robbery he committed as a teenager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day of his release, Bun went for a COVID-19 test and found out he had been infected inside the prison. If he had been transferred to ICE custody, he would have taken the virus with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan said Bun’s legal team at the Asian Law Caucus is still trying to learn why Bun was not transferred to ICE, even though the agency had a detainer to arrest him. 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"content": "\u003cp>Between 1984 and 2005, California built 21 new state prisons — and filled them. The state prison population ballooned from roughly 50,000 to about 173,000 over that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California opened a new prison as recently as 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, with a projected $54 billion deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. 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Those measures alone have reduced the prison population by about 6,000 people — bringing the tally to 116,337 as of May 27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These reductions build on a roughly decade-long effort to reduce California’s prison population under pressure from lawsuits, court orders and a Supreme Court ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2011, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB109\">Assembly Bill 109\u003c/a> transferred responsibility for many lower-level criminals from the state to counties, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm\">Proposition 47\u003c/a>, the 2014 voter initiative, reduced sentences for many property and drug offenses. These reforms have allowed the state to steadily draw down the number of people behind bars, and the governor’s current proposal assumes a “projected continued decline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it's a tragic thing to cite as the cause, if the virus causes the state to experiment with fewer people in prison and possibly eliminating some of the most obsolete prisons, then the court is going to look very kindly on that,” said Stanford law professor Robert Weisberg, who studies the criminal justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As prison populations decrease, closing prisons makes fiscal sense, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It becomes almost like a kind of conventional business decision. It's almost like closing franchises,” Weisberg said. “You're reducing overhead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the heftiest parts of that overhead is staffing costs — pay and benefits for the correctional officers, administrators and program staff who run these institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the whole, state prisons are in rural or small town areas where they are the heart of, or one of the key parts, of the economy of those places, Weisberg said. “Obviously, if you close prisons, you're weakening the economy in those places.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom acknowledged that challenge during his budget briefing. “It becomes very difficult, if you do make that determination and make it public, to recruit, retain personnel,” he said. “It could create all kinds of problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Robert Weisberg, Stanford University law professor\"]\"It becomes almost like a kind of conventional business decision. It's almost like closing franchises.\"[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Correctional Peace Officers Association, which represents correctional officers across the state, did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the state prison system continues to shrink, more responsibility will fall to the counties where sentences for lower-level crimes are served out in county jails or under probation supervision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as a person is maintaining a crime-free lifestyle and not putting the community at risk, we know we can be successful with them in the community,” said Brian Richart, president of Chief Probation Officers of California. “So why not keep them in the community where it's less expensive to us as taxpayers to treat somebody?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richart, however, is concerned that the state’s budget woes would lead to reductions in rehabilitative programs and services and cuts in training for probation officers that he says are necessary to keeping criminals off the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Probation has proven itself to be a successful alternative when we're resourced properly,” Richart said. “If we've got the right number of staff and the right type of staff providing the right type of interventions and clinical services and supports focusing on health and wellness for our clients, we show reductions in recidivism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s revised budget continues previous plans to phase out private and public contract prisons and also proposes closing the state’s three youth prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"cdcr\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers, concerned the governor's proposal is rushed and short on key details, are now calling for more information on what criteria will be used to determine which adult prisons will be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The LAO recommends CDCR rank prisons for closure based on criteria such as cost per bed and suggests no prison infrastructure projects be approved until the state has decided which prisons will be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers have until June 15 to pass a balanced budget — and decide whether to set in motion major changes to California's prison system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have yet to know what the standards would be if we were to actually talk about closing a prison,” Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, said at a budget hearing in the state Legislature earlier this week. “We want to make sure that what we're doing is correct ... not just financially, but programmatically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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It follows nearly a decade of prison reform in California, starting under Gov. 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The state would gradually close its juvenile facilities as the current 800 youthful offenders are released or turn 18 and are eventually sent to adult prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But similar proposals have failed in the Legislature before, and county officials called the new plan unworkable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those sent to state facilities “have the most serious needs, which if left unaddressed, pose the most serious risk to our communities,” said Brian Richart, president of Chief Probation Officers of California, whose members already handle about 90% of youthful offenders. “We are not financially and structurally prepared for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s administration said counties have plenty of room, with about 3,600 young offenders in juvenile halls, camps and ranches designed to hold 11,200. He proposes annual competitive grants to counties of nearly $10 million for “hubs” to treat youths currently in state lockups because of serious sex behavior or mental health treatment needs.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jay Jordan, executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice\"]“Continued wasteful spending on failed prisons is bad for safety and our budgets.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Executive Director Daniel Macallair hailed the long-sought shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To reduce the number of people in confinement, we need to reduce the institutions of confinement,” Macallair said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom in January said he planned to close a single unspecified adult prison sometime in the next five years. With earlier releases often predicated on inmates participating in rehabilitation programs, his revised plan seeks to close one of the state’s 34 prisons by mid-2022 and a second a year later, eventually saving $400 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His revised budget “reflects what California voters have known for a long time — that continued wasteful spending on failed prisons is bad for safety and our budgets,” said Jay Jordan, executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice, which pushes for shorter prison sentences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa, an accountant and the ranking Republican on two corrections oversight committees, welcomed the savings but said it might be even cheaper to use more private prisons, something the state has committed to ending. Prisons are often remote communities’ major employer, he cautioned, saying the governor is also imperiling unionized prison employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic lawmakers who control Assembly and Senate oversight committees did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing eight fire camps would save a projected $7.4 million in the fiscal year that starts July 1 and double that in future years. Newsom wants to spend $200 million to hire 600 professional state firefighters and support personnel, in part to make up for a dwindling pool of prisoner fire crews because of earlier releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with the proposed cuts, the reform group Californians United for a Responsible Budget objected that the state’s projected $13.4 billion corrections budget would be an all-time high, and joined other reformers in calling for even more redirected spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Irvine criminologist Keramet Reiter said downsizing prisons makes sense, particularly since California’s are among the nation’s most expensive per inmate and historically have done a poor job of rehabilitation. 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