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Peterson \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/06/14/contra-costa-da-due-in-court-wednesday-afternoon/\">resigned\u003c/a> as part of a felony plea deal with state prosecutors, who charged him with perjury and grand theft in connection with misuse of campaign contributions.\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"LKxugg5bbnLL0a5iXk3UOZ6KVIu19FvP\"]\u003cbr>\nContra Costa County supervisors are tasked with selecting an interim district attorney to fill the seat until voters elect a new top prosecutor in June 2018. The five finalists for the position participated in a candidates' forum on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Supervisor Diane Burgis of Oakley received an anonymous package at her office listing seven sources that Becton quotes in her application without attribution. Several other county leaders also received similar anonymous packages. Burgis said she and her staff double-checked the copied passages in Becton's application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It appears that it's true,\" Burgis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anonymous sender solely targeted Becton and made no mention of passages copied without attribution from Kensok.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have no idea who they are or their motivation,\" Becton wrote to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burgis said she is \"very disappointed.\" She considers this an important opportunity to recruit someone who can help restore confidence and integrity to an office that \"has been having a lot of challenges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I would hope that all of the applicants would approach this whole process in that spirit,” she said. “And to, you know, plagiarize right off the bat is not a good tell.”\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"jUiJEQp9XQ80qA7gXu1OiZeTDhqMg1dw\"]\u003cbr>\nBecton is president of the National Association of Women Judges and has been a judge in Contra Costa County for two decades. In an email, the judge said she had no intention of passing the words off as her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I borrowed liberally from criminologist and scholars as well as elected leaders and compiled them into summaries,\" Becton wrote. \"Although there are quotes contained in my questionnaire responses, I did not always have nor record source information.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear from Becton's application that she is quoting the material, however. It is neither attributed nor surrounded by quotation marks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton wrote that her intent was to include the best thinkers and ideas on criminal justice issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burgis said using other people’s words without attribution isn’t the norm professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She's very intelligent,\" Burgis said. \"She's articulate. So, you know, it's concerning that she couldn't put what she wanted into her application without having to borrow it from other people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burgis said she is still keeping an open mind about Becton. When Burgis spoke to KQED she had not yet had a chance to speak to the judge. The supervisor said her staff is checking the other applications for unattributed quotes as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen of Danville said she has great respect for Becton and her tremendous work, but that she was \"disquieted\" by the unattributed passages in the judge's application. Andersen didn't want to comment further until she speaks with the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton wrote in an email that no supervisors had contacted her as of midday Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After learning of the unattributed passages in Becton's application, KQED analyzed the four other finalists' writings and found passages in Kensok's application that were also unattributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I failed to attribute sources for some sections of my application,\" Kensok wrote in an email to KQED. \"This was not done with any intent to deceive. With the Harvard Business Review Article, it was an oversight. I did not realize I had not gone back and rephrased those sentences. Thus, I neglected to place them in quotation marks. Regardless of reworking the sentences, I should have mentioned the author of the article. I believe it would have lent more authority to the plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senior Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Paul Graves, who is also applying for the job, wrote in an email: \"If it's true, it's disappointing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a former prosecutor, I know that in order to keep our communities safe, citizens must trust that those in law enforcement are acting with honesty and integrity,\" applicant Judge Danielle Douglas wrote to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other finalist for the position, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Vanier, did not immediately respond to request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor John Gioia said he will not comment on either Kensok's or Becton's use of unattributed sources. He said he is focused on preparing tough questions to ask each of the applicants when they are scheduled appear before the Board of Supervisors next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is Kensok's response to KQED:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I failed to attribute sources for some sections of my application. This was not done with any intent to deceive. With the Harvard Business Review Article, it was an oversight. I did not realize I had not gone back and rephrased those sentences. Thus, I neglected to place them in quotation marks. Regardless of reworking the sentences, I should have mentioned the author of the article. I believe it would have lent more authority to the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other cut and paste sections came from implementation guides for mental health programs and violence reduction. These are evidence based models being implemented in other jurisdictions and it would be my plan to follow them here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are using the Group Violence Intervention manual in Ceasefire, while the Stepping Up Initiative and County Roles and Opportunities in Reducing Mental Illness Documents are already in use in the county. These documents outline things already at work in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Roles and Opportunities in Reducing Mental Illness in Jails was produced by the National Association of Counties, while the Stepping Up Initiative is linked on the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) website. I did not mean to portray any of these things as original ideas and do not believe the Board of Supervisors was misled into believing I was supplying original content. Nonetheless, I should have supplied the citations. I am happy to discuss the sources for all the ideas expressed in my application.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here is Becton's response to KQED:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In preparation for the forum I did a significant amount of research on issues related to the problems in our criminal justice system, with an emphasis related to the problems in our criminal justice system, and reform. In the crunch, information was gathered from countless sources. I borrowed liberally from criminologist and scholars as well as elected leaders and compiled them into summaries. Although there are quotes contained in my questionnaire responses, I did not always have nor record source information. Even though the questionnaire responses were not written in the same manner, or with the same rigor that I would use when submitting an academic paper, I tried to bring the brightest thinkers and the best ideas to the discussion. The ideas are not new or based upon my original thought, and I do not attempt to pass them off as my own. Although I am in agreement with the thinking, my only intent was to highlight issues we face, such as bail reform, and other inequities that exist in our criminal justice system. I certainly do not take credit for the ideas, but I am a proponent of information that is advanced by the ideas.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here are a number of passages KQED identified from Kensok's application that are pulled from other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"https://hbr.org/1994/03/managing-for-organizational-integrity\">Harvard Business Review\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The once familiar picture of ethics as individualistic, unchanging, and impervious to organizational influences has not stood up to scrutiny. An integrity-based approach to ethics management combines concern for the law with an emphasis on managerial responsibility for ethical behavior. This strategy can help prevent damaging ethical lapses, while tapping into powerful human impulses for moral thought and action.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From a Department of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-p280-pub.pdf\">group violence intervention guide\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Protecting the most vulnerable people starts with understanding who they are and how they’re connected. Evidence and experience show that a small number of people in street groups—gangs, drug crews, and the like—drive the majority of violence in troubled neighborhoods. Group members typically constitute less than 0.5 percent of a city’s population, but they are consistently linked to 60 to 70 percent of the shootings and homicides. The internal dynamics of the groups and the honor code of the street drive violence between those groups and individuals.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From a National Association of Counties' \u003ca href=\"http://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/documents/SJC-Mental%20Illness-Final.pdf\">guide for dealing with mental illness\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We need to develop pre-arrest and pre-booking diversion alternatives to help reduce the number of mentally ill people entering jails in the first place, and connecting them to treatment and other resources when they do encounter the justice system. This means partnering with community-based organizations and advocacy groups to provide Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training to law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behavioral health departments and providers are partnering with law enforcement agencies to staff mental health coresponders or jail mental health coordinators to help divert people from jails and connect them to treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding is always difficult, but it can come from diverse and often blended sources. Enrolling individuals into health coverage and connecting them with care is crucial. Many counties are enrolling individuals with mental illnesses into Medicaid or other health care coverage whenever possible. Particularly in states that have expanded Medicaid, many justice-involved individuals with mental illnesses will qualify for coverage. Medicaid coverage can connect individuals to the care they need once they are in the community and can help lower health care costs by decreasing hospitalizations and emergency room visits. It can also decrease recidivism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, for example, a study found that individuals who received treatment for behavioral health disorders after release from the county jail spent an average of 51.74 fewer days in jail per year than those who did not receive treatment. Data collection is important for analyzing both point-in-time data as well as to track progress on any reform efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, using a validated mental health screening tool at booking, and including the results in a format that allows them to be analyzed later in an electronic case management system, will help identify and count the number of people with mental illnesses coming into jail. Without knowing this basic baseline information about the population, it can be difficult to help pinpoint the source of the problem. Collecting and analyzing this data over time will help to show progress – or lack thereof – with initiative activities.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here are a number of passages KQED identified from Becton's application that are pulled from other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Martin Luther King's \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm\">I Have a Dream\u003c/a>\" speech:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note, to which every one of us falls heir.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/opinion/kamala-harris-and-rand-paul-lets-reform-bail.html\">New York Times op-ed:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Our justice system was designed with a promise: to treat all people equally.\u003cbr>\n...\u003cbr>\nYet that doesn’t happen for many of the 450,000 Americans who sit in jail today awaiting trial because they cannot afford to pay bail. Whether someone stays in jail or not is far too often determined by wealth or social connections, even though just a few days behind bars can cost people their job, home, or custody of their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People awaiting trial account for 95 percent of the growth in the jail population from 2000 to 2014, and it costs roughly $38 million every day to imprison these largely nonviolent defendants. That’s about $14 million dollars per year.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From Toptenz.net \u003ca href=\"http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-aspects-of-the-american-justice-system.php\">The Top 10 Worst Aspects of the Criminal justice System\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In 2006, the bipartisan Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons, found that 52% of former prisoners were re-convicted. ... While prison can be used to punish criminals and isolate them from society, it is also important to purse strategies that are proven to reduce recidivism because these strategies improve public safety. In recent years, programs focused on rehabilitation have proven a success in several states.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From The Juvenile Justice Exchange, \u003ca href=\"http://jjie.org/2015/04/24/rethinking-juvenile-detention-pew-report-points-to-better-outcomes-with-fewer-lockups/\">\"Re-thinking Juvenile Detention: Better Outcomes with Fewer Lockups\"\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With the annual cost of keeping a teen in juvenile detention topping $100,000 in many states, there is an increased focus on community-based programs for youths who commit less serious crimes. The states that have pursued alternatives to lockup are seeing fewer repeat offenders and are saving money, according to a new analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the San Francisco District Attorney's Advisory Group \u003ca href=\"http://sfdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney-advisory-groups\">webpage\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Preventing crime involves working with the community to create meaningful partnerships to improve public safety. We are safer together when community members and law enforcement work together to identify public safety issues and solutions.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From a Harvard \u003ca href=\"https://sites.hks.harvard.edu/criminaljustice-backup/publications/da_cp_ag.pdf\">working paper\u003c/a> on community prosecution:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Around the country, prosecutors and their offices are adopting a community-oriented strategies to bring about confidence in the District Attorney’s Office – one that focuses the attention and efforts of prosecutors not only on processing cases presented to them by police, but on quality of life, crime prevention, problem solving, building partnerships with citizens in the community, and incorporating the priorities of citizens into their mission and operations.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/prosecution/DistrictAttorneyDepartments/Pages/The-Unit.aspx\">webpage \u003c/a>on Neighborhood Crime Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Neighborhood Crime Prevention is another model to consider, where Community Prosecutors are assigned to a particular community to build a technical team of law enforcement and government partners, to work together with the community to improve public safety and coordinate with local government and community based organizations in the effort. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It appears that it's true,\" Burgis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anonymous sender solely targeted Becton and made no mention of passages copied without attribution from Kensok.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have no idea who they are or their motivation,\" Becton wrote to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burgis said she is \"very disappointed.\" She considers this an important opportunity to recruit someone who can help restore confidence and integrity to an office that \"has been having a lot of challenges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I would hope that all of the applicants would approach this whole process in that spirit,” she said. “And to, you know, plagiarize right off the bat is not a good tell.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nBecton is president of the National Association of Women Judges and has been a judge in Contra Costa County for two decades. In an email, the judge said she had no intention of passing the words off as her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I borrowed liberally from criminologist and scholars as well as elected leaders and compiled them into summaries,\" Becton wrote. \"Although there are quotes contained in my questionnaire responses, I did not always have nor record source information.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear from Becton's application that she is quoting the material, however. It is neither attributed nor surrounded by quotation marks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton wrote that her intent was to include the best thinkers and ideas on criminal justice issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burgis said using other people’s words without attribution isn’t the norm professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She's very intelligent,\" Burgis said. \"She's articulate. So, you know, it's concerning that she couldn't put what she wanted into her application without having to borrow it from other people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burgis said she is still keeping an open mind about Becton. When Burgis spoke to KQED she had not yet had a chance to speak to the judge. The supervisor said her staff is checking the other applications for unattributed quotes as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County Supervisor Candace Andersen of Danville said she has great respect for Becton and her tremendous work, but that she was \"disquieted\" by the unattributed passages in the judge's application. Andersen didn't want to comment further until she speaks with the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton wrote in an email that no supervisors had contacted her as of midday Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After learning of the unattributed passages in Becton's application, KQED analyzed the four other finalists' writings and found passages in Kensok's application that were also unattributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I failed to attribute sources for some sections of my application,\" Kensok wrote in an email to KQED. \"This was not done with any intent to deceive. With the Harvard Business Review Article, it was an oversight. I did not realize I had not gone back and rephrased those sentences. Thus, I neglected to place them in quotation marks. Regardless of reworking the sentences, I should have mentioned the author of the article. I believe it would have lent more authority to the plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senior Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Paul Graves, who is also applying for the job, wrote in an email: \"If it's true, it's disappointing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a former prosecutor, I know that in order to keep our communities safe, citizens must trust that those in law enforcement are acting with honesty and integrity,\" applicant Judge Danielle Douglas wrote to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other finalist for the position, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Vanier, did not immediately respond to request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor John Gioia said he will not comment on either Kensok's or Becton's use of unattributed sources. He said he is focused on preparing tough questions to ask each of the applicants when they are scheduled appear before the Board of Supervisors next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is Kensok's response to KQED:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I failed to attribute sources for some sections of my application. This was not done with any intent to deceive. With the Harvard Business Review Article, it was an oversight. I did not realize I had not gone back and rephrased those sentences. Thus, I neglected to place them in quotation marks. Regardless of reworking the sentences, I should have mentioned the author of the article. I believe it would have lent more authority to the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other cut and paste sections came from implementation guides for mental health programs and violence reduction. These are evidence based models being implemented in other jurisdictions and it would be my plan to follow them here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are using the Group Violence Intervention manual in Ceasefire, while the Stepping Up Initiative and County Roles and Opportunities in Reducing Mental Illness Documents are already in use in the county. These documents outline things already at work in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Roles and Opportunities in Reducing Mental Illness in Jails was produced by the National Association of Counties, while the Stepping Up Initiative is linked on the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) website. I did not mean to portray any of these things as original ideas and do not believe the Board of Supervisors was misled into believing I was supplying original content. Nonetheless, I should have supplied the citations. I am happy to discuss the sources for all the ideas expressed in my application.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here is Becton's response to KQED:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In preparation for the forum I did a significant amount of research on issues related to the problems in our criminal justice system, with an emphasis related to the problems in our criminal justice system, and reform. In the crunch, information was gathered from countless sources. I borrowed liberally from criminologist and scholars as well as elected leaders and compiled them into summaries. Although there are quotes contained in my questionnaire responses, I did not always have nor record source information. Even though the questionnaire responses were not written in the same manner, or with the same rigor that I would use when submitting an academic paper, I tried to bring the brightest thinkers and the best ideas to the discussion. The ideas are not new or based upon my original thought, and I do not attempt to pass them off as my own. Although I am in agreement with the thinking, my only intent was to highlight issues we face, such as bail reform, and other inequities that exist in our criminal justice system. I certainly do not take credit for the ideas, but I am a proponent of information that is advanced by the ideas.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here are a number of passages KQED identified from Kensok's application that are pulled from other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"https://hbr.org/1994/03/managing-for-organizational-integrity\">Harvard Business Review\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The once familiar picture of ethics as individualistic, unchanging, and impervious to organizational influences has not stood up to scrutiny. An integrity-based approach to ethics management combines concern for the law with an emphasis on managerial responsibility for ethical behavior. This strategy can help prevent damaging ethical lapses, while tapping into powerful human impulses for moral thought and action.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From a Department of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://ric-zai-inc.com/Publications/cops-p280-pub.pdf\">group violence intervention guide\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Protecting the most vulnerable people starts with understanding who they are and how they’re connected. Evidence and experience show that a small number of people in street groups—gangs, drug crews, and the like—drive the majority of violence in troubled neighborhoods. Group members typically constitute less than 0.5 percent of a city’s population, but they are consistently linked to 60 to 70 percent of the shootings and homicides. The internal dynamics of the groups and the honor code of the street drive violence between those groups and individuals.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From a National Association of Counties' \u003ca href=\"http://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/documents/SJC-Mental%20Illness-Final.pdf\">guide for dealing with mental illness\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We need to develop pre-arrest and pre-booking diversion alternatives to help reduce the number of mentally ill people entering jails in the first place, and connecting them to treatment and other resources when they do encounter the justice system. This means partnering with community-based organizations and advocacy groups to provide Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training to law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behavioral health departments and providers are partnering with law enforcement agencies to staff mental health coresponders or jail mental health coordinators to help divert people from jails and connect them to treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding is always difficult, but it can come from diverse and often blended sources. Enrolling individuals into health coverage and connecting them with care is crucial. Many counties are enrolling individuals with mental illnesses into Medicaid or other health care coverage whenever possible. Particularly in states that have expanded Medicaid, many justice-involved individuals with mental illnesses will qualify for coverage. Medicaid coverage can connect individuals to the care they need once they are in the community and can help lower health care costs by decreasing hospitalizations and emergency room visits. It can also decrease recidivism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, for example, a study found that individuals who received treatment for behavioral health disorders after release from the county jail spent an average of 51.74 fewer days in jail per year than those who did not receive treatment. Data collection is important for analyzing both point-in-time data as well as to track progress on any reform efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, using a validated mental health screening tool at booking, and including the results in a format that allows them to be analyzed later in an electronic case management system, will help identify and count the number of people with mental illnesses coming into jail. Without knowing this basic baseline information about the population, it can be difficult to help pinpoint the source of the problem. Collecting and analyzing this data over time will help to show progress – or lack thereof – with initiative activities.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here are a number of passages KQED identified from Becton's application that are pulled from other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Martin Luther King's \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm\">I Have a Dream\u003c/a>\" speech:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note, to which every one of us falls heir.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/opinion/kamala-harris-and-rand-paul-lets-reform-bail.html\">New York Times op-ed:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Our justice system was designed with a promise: to treat all people equally.\u003cbr>\n...\u003cbr>\nYet that doesn’t happen for many of the 450,000 Americans who sit in jail today awaiting trial because they cannot afford to pay bail. 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While prison can be used to punish criminals and isolate them from society, it is also important to purse strategies that are proven to reduce recidivism because these strategies improve public safety. In recent years, programs focused on rehabilitation have proven a success in several states.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From The Juvenile Justice Exchange, \u003ca href=\"http://jjie.org/2015/04/24/rethinking-juvenile-detention-pew-report-points-to-better-outcomes-with-fewer-lockups/\">\"Re-thinking Juvenile Detention: Better Outcomes with Fewer Lockups\"\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With the annual cost of keeping a teen in juvenile detention topping $100,000 in many states, there is an increased focus on community-based programs for youths who commit less serious crimes. The states that have pursued alternatives to lockup are seeing fewer repeat offenders and are saving money, according to a new analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>From the San Francisco District Attorney's Advisory Group \u003ca href=\"http://sfdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney-advisory-groups\">webpage\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Preventing crime involves working with the community to create meaningful partnerships to improve public safety. 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"content": "\u003cp>For decades Contra Costa County has worked with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold immigrant detainees in a county jail in Richmond. But now new legislation could change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county currently leases beds at its West County Jail to ICE to detain undocumented immigrants under a contract that funnels about $6 million to the county, according to Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a state bill making its way through the California Legislature, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/13/california-debates-whether-to-become-a-sanctuary-state/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 54\u003c/a>, would end all ICE contracts and bar local law enforcement from communicating and cooperating with federal immigration authorities, except in rare cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Livingston called SB 54 \"a disaster,\" saying it would hamper law enforcement efforts. “We couldn't share basic information about human trafficking or other cases with ICE unless the individual has a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466909\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS24870_20170405_OaklandImmigrationRally_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a rally in Oakland, April 5, 2017 \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County’s contract with federal immigration authorities has drawn a steady stream of criticism and protests from advocates and family members of detainees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Trump administration ramping up immigration enforcement, California state lawmakers have drafted several bills aiming to restrict the federal government's ability to enforce its immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another bill proposed by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 630\u003c/a>, would bar jails from using state funds for expansions as long as they also house federal prisoners, including immigrant detainees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skinner's bill raises the stakes for counties like Contra Costa, which is currently competing for a $70 million grant to add 400 beds to its Richmond facility. On Wednesday, the Board of State and Community Corrections put Contra Costa County’s proposal -- which would include space for rehabilitation facilities -- at the top of its short list of recommended grant recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We desperately need a new mental health and re-entry building in West County Jail,” Livingston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CABSCC/status/864909829948678144\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Skinner's bill passes, Livingston says the choice is clear: He would cancel the county's ICE contract to stay in the running for jail expansion funds. Still, he would prefer to maintain both funding sources, as they are allocated to different needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/kqed-newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>, Sheriff Livingston discussed in detail the county’s policies and interactions with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Interview Transcript\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This transcript has been edited for clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Thuy Vu:\u003c/strong> Contra Costa has a contract with ICE -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- to house federal detainees at your jail in Richmond. How long have you had this contract, and why did you agree to it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriff David Livingston:\u003c/strong> The contract actually began back in 1992 with the U.S. Marshals Service. More recently ICE has asked to also use that contract to hold some of their detainees in our facility, which is important to know is a dormitory-style building in West County. It is intended specifically for that type of population. They actually have keys to their own cell doors. It's minimum to low security and it's extra bed space. So we thought it prudent to go ahead and rent those spaces to ICE, generate revenue and reduce the operating costs to the taxpayers of Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> How much revenue do you get from it a year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> Typically it's about $6 million a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> And how many detainees on a given day, a given month?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> Our average is about 200 a day, although that moves day to day by as many as 10 or 20 in either direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> So on any given day, most people in your jail are there for reasons unrelated to immigration. They may be awaiting trial. They're serving time for other crimes. But in this country all inmates have their fingerprints sent to the FBI database. So once federal immigration authorities figure out that some of the folks you have there are undocumented, what do they want you to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> So essentially anyone that's booked into my jail and for Contra Costa -- of course, we don't have a choice who comes in the facility -- everyone is booked into one of our jails. Those fingerprints are automatically sent to Homeland Security and to FBI. It's at that time that ICE determines that they may want to interview one of the persons recently arrested in my facility, for example, and they notify us that they'd like to talk to that person. Formerly they might put in a request for a hold. Holds are no longer allowed in California. We don't honor holds. If that person is subject to being released at a certain time we release them at that time. If ICE is present to interview them, we’ll allow the interview to occur. Otherwise, that person is released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> Do you ever proactively contact ICE to let them know that someone is about to be released?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> If there is a particular individual that has come to our attention as a violent offender or a serious offender or who self-discloses that they may be subject to ICE investigation, we’ll notify ICE that they may be interested in this person. But that doesn't happen very often. ICE typically knows who they want to interview. And by the way, when they come in to do that interview, in many cases, they do not remove the person into their custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> You know, a lot of people take issue with that, though. You've had a number of protests at your facility. People who feel it's wrong for you to do this, wrong for you to proactively contact ICE. 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This is really about the back end when someone who is already here, undocumented, has committed a new crime and now finds himself in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> Several cities throughout California have declared themselves sanctuary cities and now there's a bill, SB 54, a state bill that would make all of California a sanctuary state and prohibit law enforcement agencies like yours from cooperating with federal immigration agents. Where do you stand on SB 54?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> I, like nearly all of my colleagues in California and the State Sheriffs’ Association, are absolutely opposed to that bill. We think it's a disaster. It's the first time that we have heard of where the state government is trying to tell us who we can talk to and who we can’t talk to among other law enforcement agencies. It would hamper our efforts in a very demonstrable way. We couldn't share basic information about human trafficking or other cases with ICE unless the individual has a prior conviction for a serious or violent felony. And so putting those kinds of restrictions on our access to our federal colleagues and partners can be very damaging to public safety. We oppose it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> Supporters of the bill, though, say that the flip side of this is that there would be damage to public safety from another angle, and that is, it would make undocumented immigrants so fearful of deportation that they would be less willing to cooperate with you and other law enforcement agencies, less willing to report crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> Well, we want everyone to feel comfortable coming to their local law enforcement agency or the sheriff's office to report a crime, of course, either to report a crime as a victim or a witness. We work in communities now, North Richmond, for example, where we already encounter those types of issues and it's very difficult to get people to come forward to work with us reporting crimes so ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> But wouldn’t those issues be exacerbated, though, if you keep on opposing this sanctuary bill?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> I don't believe so. In fact, if we have a situation where ICE has to go now into the community to take someone into custody who may be facing a felony or a very serious charge, when they could have had that interview conducted in the safety and security of a custodial facility, that's putting more people at risk. So we believe at least working with ICE to the extent that they can conduct an interview makes sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> You're currently seeking $95 million to expand the West County facility. State Sen. 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How long have you had this contract, and why did you agree to it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriff David Livingston:\u003c/strong> The contract actually began back in 1992 with the U.S. Marshals Service. More recently ICE has asked to also use that contract to hold some of their detainees in our facility, which is important to know is a dormitory-style building in West County. It is intended specifically for that type of population. They actually have keys to their own cell doors. It's minimum to low security and it's extra bed space. So we thought it prudent to go ahead and rent those spaces to ICE, generate revenue and reduce the operating costs to the taxpayers of Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> How much revenue do you get from it a year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> Typically it's about $6 million a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> And how many detainees on a given day, a given month?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> Our average is about 200 a day, although that moves day to day by as many as 10 or 20 in either direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> So on any given day, most people in your jail are there for reasons unrelated to immigration. They may be awaiting trial. They're serving time for other crimes. But in this country all inmates have their fingerprints sent to the FBI database. So once federal immigration authorities figure out that some of the folks you have there are undocumented, what do they want you to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> So essentially anyone that's booked into my jail and for Contra Costa -- of course, we don't have a choice who comes in the facility -- everyone is booked into one of our jails. Those fingerprints are automatically sent to Homeland Security and to FBI. It's at that time that ICE determines that they may want to interview one of the persons recently arrested in my facility, for example, and they notify us that they'd like to talk to that person. Formerly they might put in a request for a hold. Holds are no longer allowed in California. We don't honor holds. If that person is subject to being released at a certain time we release them at that time. If ICE is present to interview them, we’ll allow the interview to occur. Otherwise, that person is released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> Do you ever proactively contact ICE to let them know that someone is about to be released?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston:\u003c/strong> If there is a particular individual that has come to our attention as a violent offender or a serious offender or who self-discloses that they may be subject to ICE investigation, we’ll notify ICE that they may be interested in this person. But that doesn't happen very often. ICE typically knows who they want to interview. And by the way, when they come in to do that interview, in many cases, they do not remove the person into their custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vu:\u003c/strong> You know, a lot of people take issue with that, though. You've had a number of protests at your facility. People who feel it's wrong for you to do this, wrong for you to proactively contact ICE. 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He is the first of the three defendants to face a jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307914921″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the election of President Trump, the Southern Poverty Law Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/18/update-incidents-hateful-harassment-election-day-now-number-701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> a spike in alleged hate crimes across the country. The FBI defines a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights/hate-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hate crime\u003c/a> as “a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there are many hate crimes reported each year, hate crime killings are relatively rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“According to the FBI, there were 18 hate homicides in the United States in 2015, which would be the highest number in about 15 years,” said \u003ca href=\"http://criminaljustice.csusb.edu/facultystaff/levin.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Levin\u003c/a>, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor of criminal justice at California State University San Bernardino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Half of those were the nine individuals killed in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/dylann-roof-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston church shooting massacre\u003c/a>. Levin pointed out that the actual number is likely higher, as homicides may in fact be hate killings even if they are not identified or charged as such.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the district attorney announced that he would prosecute this case as a hate crime, William Sims’ fellow musicians, along with various community members, held a vigil in his memory. Friends described him as a gifted artist and a gentle young man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all see what type of person he was. This is not the type of individual that would walk in somewhere and start some problems,” said vigil organizer Kev Choice, who taught piano to Sims at \u003ca href=\"http://oaktownjazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Jazz Workshops\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the DA hasn’t given the public details about his theory of the case. But in a preliminary hearing, Detective William Root of the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office presented testimony from a witness he interviewed alleging that at least one of the defendants used racial slurs while hitting Sims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For defendants convicted of hate crimes, the hate crime enhancement comes into play during the sentencing phase, where offenders can face heavy additional penalties. However, these cases can be difficult to prosecute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One has to prove the specific intent of the defendant in making that decision to select a crime victim because of their status,” Levin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of William Sims, the prosecutor will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants selected Sims to attack because of his race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this is a complex case, even apart from the question of racial bias. There are three defendants charged with the murder. But only one man, Ray Simons, is alleged to have shot Sims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a key element in attorney Colin Cooper’s defense of Daniel Porter-Kelly, the defendant whose trial begins this week. Cooper said video surveillance shows his client driving away from the bar before Sims was shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel Porter-Kelly left in his own car, alone, four or five minutes before the shooting took place,” Cooper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porter-Kelly’s long-term girlfriend, Erica Martinez, said the media and the DA have got the father of her 3-year-old son all wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s not what they say,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pointing to their mixed-race family and the mostly African-American neighborhood where they live, Martinez said the man she knows and loves isn’t a racist. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Footage from the security video taken inside the Capri Club in El Sobrante early on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, is grainy, and the voices are hard to hear over loud rap music. A 28-year-old African-American man named William Sims walks into the bar and orders a Coors Light. He talks with people at the bar, drinks his beer and goes into the bathroom. After about half an hour, the bartender gives last call, and Sims walks out the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minutes later, police found Sims badly beaten and shot to death in the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the Contra Costa County district attorney is seeking to convict three men — Ray Simons, Daniel Ortega and Daniel Porter-Kelly — with robbing, beating and murdering Sims. Prosecutors say the homicide was racially motivated, and they’re charging it as a hate crime. The trial of Richmond resident Porter-Kelly begins this week. He is the first of the three defendants to face a jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307914921″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307914921″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the election of President Trump, the Southern Poverty Law Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/11/18/update-incidents-hateful-harassment-election-day-now-number-701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> a spike in alleged hate crimes across the country. The FBI defines a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights/hate-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hate crime\u003c/a> as “a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there are many hate crimes reported each year, hate crime killings are relatively rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“According to the FBI, there were 18 hate homicides in the United States in 2015, which would be the highest number in about 15 years,” said \u003ca href=\"http://criminaljustice.csusb.edu/facultystaff/levin.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Levin\u003c/a>, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor of criminal justice at California State University San Bernardino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Half of those were the nine individuals killed in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/dylann-roof-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charleston church shooting massacre\u003c/a>. Levin pointed out that the actual number is likely higher, as homicides may in fact be hate killings even if they are not identified or charged as such.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the district attorney announced that he would prosecute this case as a hate crime, William Sims’ fellow musicians, along with various community members, held a vigil in his memory. Friends described him as a gifted artist and a gentle young man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all see what type of person he was. This is not the type of individual that would walk in somewhere and start some problems,” said vigil organizer Kev Choice, who taught piano to Sims at \u003ca href=\"http://oaktownjazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Jazz Workshops\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the DA hasn’t given the public details about his theory of the case. But in a preliminary hearing, Detective William Root of the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office presented testimony from a witness he interviewed alleging that at least one of the defendants used racial slurs while hitting Sims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For defendants convicted of hate crimes, the hate crime enhancement comes into play during the sentencing phase, where offenders can face heavy additional penalties. However, these cases can be difficult to prosecute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One has to prove the specific intent of the defendant in making that decision to select a crime victim because of their status,” Levin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of William Sims, the prosecutor will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants selected Sims to attack because of his race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this is a complex case, even apart from the question of racial bias. There are three defendants charged with the murder. But only one man, Ray Simons, is alleged to have shot Sims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a key element in attorney Colin Cooper’s defense of Daniel Porter-Kelly, the defendant whose trial begins this week. Cooper said video surveillance shows his client driving away from the bar before Sims was shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel Porter-Kelly left in his own car, alone, four or five minutes before the shooting took place,” Cooper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porter-Kelly’s long-term girlfriend, Erica Martinez, said the media and the DA have got the father of her 3-year-old son all wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s not what they say,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pointing to their mixed-race family and the mostly African-American neighborhood where they live, Martinez said the man she knows and loves isn’t a racist. And she believes Kelly is innocent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s not this kind of guy at all,” she said. “Just like I said, wrong place, wrong time, knowing the wrong people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez said she’s also heartbroken for Sims’ parents, who will never get their son back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s heartbreaking, as much as I love my son, you know?” she said. “Never to even think something like that, but you know it’s hard and you think, gosh, you know the kid didn’t deserve this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A jury will hear evidence against Porter-Kelly and in his defense over the coming weeks. Ray Simons and Daniel Ortega will face preliminary hearings later this month. Both have pleaded not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Thanks to KQED Arts for the use of audio recordings from the William Sims vigil.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Contra Costa County began its annual homeless count Thursday, and volunteers spread out looking for people like Jarrett Keesling, who is living in an encampment in Concord. They need to find out where he lives and what he needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I need to get my license or see if I can get my license. Get an ID, that would be a definite start,” Keesling said. “It’s just transportation — transportation would make things so much easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287990 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_154-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Contra Costa Health Services worker Shayne Kaleo hugs Jarrett Keesling, who is among the hundreds of homeless CCHS interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHS' Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contra Costa Health Services worker Shayne Kaleo hugs Jarrett Keesling, who is among the hundreds of homeless CCHS interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. CCHS’s Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented people in the area. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contra Costa Health Services Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services\u003c/a>, its community partners and volunteers began documenting hundreds of homeless people in the county — both sheltered and unsheltered — who need permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCHS reported during its 2016 count that approximately 3,500 people across the county identified as homeless. Data from the 2017 homeless survey, which wraps up Friday, will not be available for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287983 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_119-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Contra Costa Health Services prepare to hand out bedding as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHS's Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Contra Costa Health Services prepare to hand out bedding as they conduct an annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County’s overall homeless population dropped in 2016, but there were some places where it increased, like in the far eastern suburbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do anticipate that the numbers will continue to be highest in east Contra Costa County. However, we have not made any predictions as to whether or not we’ll see an overall increase in homelessness,” said Lavonna Martin, Contra Costa County’s homeless services chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11287987\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_185-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHSÕs Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The county has struggled to serve eastern Contra Costa as the population has quickly grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287986 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_041-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele, are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS23881_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_234-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area counties are launching homeless surveys. San Francisco launched its count Thursday night and Alameda County will begin its census on Jan. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11287980\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_016-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) walk to a homeless encampment to conduct its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHSÕs Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) walk to a homeless encampment to conduct its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://erickayne.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Kayne\u003c/a> is an award-winning photojournalist who has worked for the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News and Seattle Times. KQED’s Devin Katayama contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do anticipate that the numbers will continue to be highest in east Contra Costa County. However, we have not made any predictions as to whether or not we’ll see an overall increase in homelessness,” said Lavonna Martin, Contra Costa County’s homeless services chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11287987\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_185-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHSÕs Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The county has struggled to serve eastern Contra Costa as the population has quickly grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11287986 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_041-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele, are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jarrett Keesling, left, and Kelli Lengele are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11289119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11289119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS23881_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_234-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trucker looks down upon the homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, who are among the hundreds of homeless Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area counties are launching homeless surveys. San Francisco launched its count Thursday night and Alameda County will begin its census on Jan. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11287980\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11287980\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_016-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) walk to a homeless encampment to conduct its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 in Contra Costa County. CCHSÕs Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, its community partners and volunteers documented both sheltered and unsheltered people in the area who need permanent housing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) walk to a homeless encampment to conduct its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Contra Costa County. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://erickayne.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Kayne\u003c/a> is an award-winning photojournalist who has worked for the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News and Seattle Times. KQED’s Devin Katayama contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:35 pm Thursday:\u003c/strong> A retired Oakland Police Captain was formally charged with a prostitution related offense on Wednesday. Al Perrodin, 81, faces a single misdemeanor for soliciting a prostitute in Contra Costa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charge is based on allegations by Jasmine Abuslin, the teenager at the center of a widespread police exploitation scandal. Prosecutors also reviewed text and Facebook messages between Abuslin and Perrodin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson said last week that Perrodin admitted to paying Abuslin for sex at a hotel in Richmond in February, 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former homicide captain \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/216570749-story\" target=\"_blank\">told KTVU\u003c/a> Wednesday he did not admit to any wrongdoing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 11 a.m. Friday Nov. 4\u003c/strong> A retired octogenarian Oakland police captain is the only officer who will face prosecution in Contra Costa County for allegations related to a law enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/police-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\">sexual exploitation case\u003c/a> affecting several Bay Area agencies, District Attorney Mark Peterson announced Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the \u003ca href=\"#summary\">charging decision\u003c/a> was based in part on more than 24 hours of recorded interviews that six law enforcement agencies conducted with the Richmond teen at the center of the case, Jasmine Abuslin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The evidence that we were given -- the information that was given to us by Ms. Abuslin herself -- does not warrant charges other than the one retired Oakland captain,\" who will be charged with engaging in prostitution, Peterson said at a press conference in Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abuslin, who is now 19 years old, has said she had sex with some 30 law enforcement officers in the past few years, some while she was underage. She has said all the officers and deputies knew she worked in the sex trade, and some tipped her off to undercover prostitution operations or shared confidential law enforcement information with her. There are also indications that Abuslin -- whose pseudonym is Celeste Guap -- has been a victim of child sexual exploitation and trafficking in and around the East Bay since the age of 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s reprehensible, it’s immoral, it’s inappropriate, shouldn’t be done, it’s shocking,\" Peterson said of what he characterized as consensual sex between Abuslin and law enforcement officers from around the Bay Area. \"But is it a crime?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors' broad review of the case focused on potential crimes involving more than a dozen officers from San Francisco, Richmond and Oakland, as well as a former deputy with the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office. Officers who knowingly had sex with Abuslin before she turned 18 could be charged with crimes, including rape. The former deputy, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/09/30/ex-contra-costa-deputy-arraigned-in-sex-exploitation-case-released-with-no-bail/\" target=\"_blank\">Ricardo Perez\u003c/a>, and Oakland police Officer \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/10/21/two-more-oakland-police-officers-arraigned-on-sex-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">Giovanni LoVerde\u003c/a> are both facing charges of felony oral copulation with a minor in neighboring Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Contra Costa County prosecutors were unable to determine whether any sexual encounters between officers and Abuslin in their county occurred before she turned 18. And even if they could, Peterson said, it's an \"absolute defense\" if the officers reasonably believed she was an adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were no crimes involving former Deputy Perez with Ms. Abuslin except for the possible crime of her engaging in sex with him when she was under 18,\" Peterson said. \"But as I've indicated, we can't prove that charge.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County prosecutors also looked at charging officers for engaging in prostitution, and they are charging a yet-to-be-named former Oakland police captain with that misdemeanor for allegedly paying Abuslin for sex. But as for any other officers, the evidence did not indicate that there was an exchange of cash or anything else of value for sex, Peterson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has also made statements that she’s a sex addict,\" Peterson said, \"which is an indication perhaps that she wasn’t doing this for money.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senior Deputy District Attorney Paul Graves, who supervises the Contra Costa DA's sexual assault unit, said there was no indication that officers explicitly traded protection for sex with Abuslin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m sure that is part of her motivation,\" he said. \"If you think about it, this community failed her for a long time. A lot of people failed her. So yeah, the security of having police officers and having somebody looking out for you, absolutely, but whether that was communicated as a quid pro quo: No.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa district attorney's investigation found no chargeable crimes against two San Francisco police officers brought to the office's attention by SFPD's investigation. Abuslin has said she had sex with three SFPD officers, all after she turned 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While the actions of the officers did not result in criminal charges, they will now undergo an administrative investigation by the SFPD Internal Affairs Division,\" a written statement released by SFPD says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday's announcement marks the end of the Contra Costa district attorney's second investigation into the case. Oakland police investigators presented the office in May with a potential charge of attempted forcible sodomy against former OPD Officer Terryl Smith that allegedly occurred in Richmond. The office declined to file charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we’re talking about specifically in that case was consensual acts that took place immediately preceding this alleged attempted forcible sex act, and consensual acts that occurred immediately after this alleged attempted forcible sex act,\" Graves said. \"I'm not at liberty to disclose to you the actual facts. Out of respect for the victim, we're not going to do that. If you heard what I heard, you would understand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Contra Costa district attorney's decision indicates a different approach to the case than that of neighboring Alameda County, where six current and former law enforcement officers are facing a range of criminal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/09/09/alameda-county-da-charges-7-cops-with-sexually-exploiting-teenager/\" target=\"_blank\">announced those charges\u003c/a> Sept. 9, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley criticized other agencies' facilitation of Abuslin's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/09/14/teen-victim-in-cop-sex-case-freed-from-florida-jail-returning-to-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">travel to a rehabilitation clinic in Florida\u003c/a>, which removed a witness in the case from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peterson said Friday that his office, along with the Richmond Police Department and state Victim Compensation Board, facilitated Abuslin's short-lived stint across the country. Abuslin was eligible for the crime victim funding because of a \"crime which took place several years ago and involved no law enforcement officer,\" according to the Contra Costa DA's investigative summary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Due to Ms. Abuslin's ongoing privacy rights, we are limited as to what we can reveal concerning her travel to Florida,\" Peterson said. \"However, it's abundantly clear that there was no scheme by any police agency nor by any other organization to secrete Ms. Abuslin out of California in order to hinder any local investigation or prosecution.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graves pushed back against descriptions of the case presented by news media and Abuslin's civil attorneys that are not backed up by facts. He said Abuslin reached out to officers and deputies \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/07/14/at-least-2-dozen-sfpd-officers-tied-to-teen-at-center-of-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\">via Facebook\u003c/a>, and she wasn't trafficked between them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s the media scenario, there’s the scenario for her attorneys, and then there’s the scenario that’s actually borne out by the facts in these 30 hours of interviews that I listened to,\" he said. \"The story that these officers were exchanging her and talking to each other is actually not borne out by the evidence that I reviewed, and I reviewed 79,000 pages on Facebook.”\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The neighboring counties also appear to diverge on charging officers for failing to report Abuslin's status as a potential victim of human trafficking or childhood sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County prosecutors \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3111092-Leroy-Johnson-Complaint.html\" target=\"_blank\">charged\u003c/a> former OPD Sgt. 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And if my son did do it, then he should be responsible and he should pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day he turned 18, he was transferred to adult detention in Martinez, and M.C. was sent a bill for 313 days in juvenile custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa, like many other counties, has been collecting money from parents for the cost of upkeep while their kids are in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent \u003ca href=\"http://jlc.org/news-room/press-releases/new-national-report-shows-rise-debtors%E2%80%99-prison-kids-implications-racial-dis\">research\u003c/a> shows that kids from low-income families are likelier than kids from wealthier families to end up in the justice system, and advocates say these fees are unfair and bad policy. On Tuesday, the county’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place a moratorium on these fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Contra Costa has had some of the \u003ca href=\"https://prezi.com/ae3zbi66u0ve/rsg-june-28-2016-juvenile-fees/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy\">highest fees\u003c/a> in the state — up to $30 per day for juvenile hall detention and $17 per day for ankle monitoring. That means M.C. could have been billed more than $9,000 for the cost of holding her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She works as a house cleaner and was already struggling to make ends meet. M.C. told the probation department she couldn’t pay the full amount, and they reduced her bill to $939.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>M.C. started paying it off when she could, about $50 a month, but she says the fees felt like an injustice. It made her “angry to see these letters arrive charging me money, and my son was locked up, and still they wanted to blame him for something he never did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After more than two years, all charges against her son were dropped, and he came home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But M.C. still had to pay the probation department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, the county had every right to do this. The \u003ca href=\"http://law.onecle.com/california/welfare/903.html\">California Welfare and Institutions Code\u003c/a> holds parents financially responsible for their kids even while in custody. The logic goes that if M.C.’s son were at home she would have to pay for the cost of clothing him and feeding him, so she should have to reimburse the county for those same costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main idea is to kind of create a sense of shared responsibility between the parents and the probation department,” said John Keene, chair of the legislative committee for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpoc.org/\">Chief Probation Officers of California\u003c/a>, and chief probation officer for San Mateo County. “Because when we step in, in most instances, we are stepping into that capacity as a parent when the kid become wards of the court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candace Andersen, chair of Contra Costa County's \u003ca href=\"http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/193/Board-of-Supervisors\">Board of Supervisors\u003c/a>, said her hope was that the fees would encourage parents to do a better job keeping their kids out of trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what I’m finding is the studies are not supporting that,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/policy-advocacy-clinic/\">group\u003c/a> of students at the UC Berkeley School of Law have been studying these fees for the past three years. Their research, which was presented to the county on Tuesday, includes an analysis of Contra Costa in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t think there are many compelling arguments to support these fees,” said Tim Kline, one of the Berkeley law students studying the fines. “Counties don’t make money. They’re bad for families. They don’t help kids rehabilitate and get back on track.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the more startling statistics Kline's group found is the disproportionate racial aspect of these fees. For example, African-American kids are 23 times more likely than their white counterparts to be locked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Macallair, executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://www.cjcj.org/index.html\">Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice\u003c/a>, said disproportionate impacts are present statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who ends up in the juvenile justice system?” he said. “It’s kids from poverty, who grew up in poverty, who grow up in the margins of society, who come from fractured families, often disproportionately African-American, or in California, Latino. So yes, it [juvenile fees] falls heavily on the kids whose families can least afford it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Keene, of the Chief Probation Officers union, said the fees aren’t meant to target any particular group or be a burden on struggling families, and points out that counties do take into account a parent’s “ability to pay” when determining how much to charge them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We care about what happens to our young people. We care about what happens to the families,” he said. “We really work hard to try to engage the families in building and reconnecting the family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while some argue these fees are meant to hold parents financially responsible for their kids’ behavior, Macallair added that these fees got their start back in the 1950s for a very different reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It became kind of a practice for parents to, when they had an argument or heated disagreement with their kid, they could actually bring the child to the local detention center and tell the center, ‘I‘ve had enough!' \" Macallair said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The child would often spend the weekend in detention, and then parents would have a change of heart and come pick their kid up on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, administrative fees were originally instituted for the purpose of discouraging parents from misusing detention centers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A parent can’t just show up at our door and say, 'he’s incorrigible, would you detain him?' ” laughed Contra Costa Probation Chief Todd Billeci. Even legally, the state can lock up only kids who are suspected of criminal behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Billeci said, it will mean a loss of revenue. Without juvenile fees, his department stands to lose around $200,000 in net revenue. But an \u003ca href=\"http://64.166.146.245/agenda_publish.cfm?id=&mt=ALL&get_month=9&get_year=2016&dsp=agm&seq=27183&rev=0&ag=861&ln=53284&nseq=27130&nrev=0&pseq=27182&prev=0#ReturnTo53284\">analysis\u003c/a> of how much it costs to collect these fees shows that the cost is actually greater than the revenue they bring in. And the fees do little to offset the total cost of running the county's juvenile hall, which is more than $19 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s part of the problem statewide. The money that juvenile administrative fees bring in varies from county to county, and some counties don’t collect these fees at all. Macallair says county probation departments who are used to getting this revenue don’t want to see it go away, even if it is just a case of bureaucracy maintaining itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Keene says counties need the flexibility to charge these fees, and that they are used to provide kids with recreation programs and educational opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_941_cfa_20160523_100925_sen_comm.html\">a bill\u003c/a> sponsored by state Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) would have banned counties from collecting these fees, but it stalled in the appropriations committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, some counties are moving forward with reform on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After reviewing the practice, both Alameda and Santa Clara counties have repealed these fees. Los Angeles doesn’t charge juvenile fees and neither does San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, the juvenile fees aren’t so much a fiscal issue as a moral one. He says the goal of the juvenile justice system is to keep youth out of the criminal justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These fees don’t achieve that goal,” he said. “The policy doesn’t make any rational sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In six months, city staff will return to the board with recommendations about whether or not to ban these fees entirely. In the meantime, the probation department will not collect or accept any outstanding fees and will notify affected parents of the change in policy.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day he turned 18, he was transferred to adult detention in Martinez, and M.C. was sent a bill for 313 days in juvenile custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa, like many other counties, has been collecting money from parents for the cost of upkeep while their kids are in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent \u003ca href=\"http://jlc.org/news-room/press-releases/new-national-report-shows-rise-debtors%E2%80%99-prison-kids-implications-racial-dis\">research\u003c/a> shows that kids from low-income families are likelier than kids from wealthier families to end up in the justice system, and advocates say these fees are unfair and bad policy. On Tuesday, the county’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place a moratorium on these fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Contra Costa has had some of the \u003ca href=\"https://prezi.com/ae3zbi66u0ve/rsg-june-28-2016-juvenile-fees/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy\">highest fees\u003c/a> in the state — up to $30 per day for juvenile hall detention and $17 per day for ankle monitoring. That means M.C. could have been billed more than $9,000 for the cost of holding her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She works as a house cleaner and was already struggling to make ends meet. M.C. told the probation department she couldn’t pay the full amount, and they reduced her bill to $939.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>M.C. started paying it off when she could, about $50 a month, but she says the fees felt like an injustice. It made her “angry to see these letters arrive charging me money, and my son was locked up, and still they wanted to blame him for something he never did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After more than two years, all charges against her son were dropped, and he came home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But M.C. still had to pay the probation department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, the county had every right to do this. The \u003ca href=\"http://law.onecle.com/california/welfare/903.html\">California Welfare and Institutions Code\u003c/a> holds parents financially responsible for their kids even while in custody. The logic goes that if M.C.’s son were at home she would have to pay for the cost of clothing him and feeding him, so she should have to reimburse the county for those same costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main idea is to kind of create a sense of shared responsibility between the parents and the probation department,” said John Keene, chair of the legislative committee for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpoc.org/\">Chief Probation Officers of California\u003c/a>, and chief probation officer for San Mateo County. “Because when we step in, in most instances, we are stepping into that capacity as a parent when the kid become wards of the court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candace Andersen, chair of Contra Costa County's \u003ca href=\"http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/193/Board-of-Supervisors\">Board of Supervisors\u003c/a>, said her hope was that the fees would encourage parents to do a better job keeping their kids out of trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what I’m finding is the studies are not supporting that,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/policy-advocacy-clinic/\">group\u003c/a> of students at the UC Berkeley School of Law have been studying these fees for the past three years. Their research, which was presented to the county on Tuesday, includes an analysis of Contra Costa in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t think there are many compelling arguments to support these fees,” said Tim Kline, one of the Berkeley law students studying the fines. “Counties don’t make money. They’re bad for families. They don’t help kids rehabilitate and get back on track.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the more startling statistics Kline's group found is the disproportionate racial aspect of these fees. For example, African-American kids are 23 times more likely than their white counterparts to be locked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Macallair, executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://www.cjcj.org/index.html\">Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice\u003c/a>, said disproportionate impacts are present statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who ends up in the juvenile justice system?” he said. “It’s kids from poverty, who grew up in poverty, who grow up in the margins of society, who come from fractured families, often disproportionately African-American, or in California, Latino. 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