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Thirty-one additional officers received discipline ranging from reprimands to temporary pay cuts. Some are still appealing their discipline. No one was criminally charged.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>From what we can see, the state’s investigation didn’t look into whether the operation was an effort to stop sexual assault complaints. Here’s Kent again:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is no doubt in my mind that if you start to empower women that are incarcerated and you start to give credibility to their voice that there’s gonna be tremendous resistance.\u003cbr>After speaking to a dozen women who were there that day, reading over hundreds of documents, and analyzing sexual assault complaint data, our investigation found this incident was at least, in part, retaliation for women reporting sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice reached a similar conclusion. A recent report found an “unbroken pattern” of sexual abuse and retaliation in California’s women’s prisons. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, September 3, 2026\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>There are major faults in how the state tracks, investigates and prevents sexual abuse and assault in California’s men’s prison. That’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AMEND_PREA_Report_Final.pdf\">according to a recent report\u003c/a> from UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley’s Criminal Law & Justice Center. California prison officials and advocates \u003ca href=\"https://davisvanguard.org/2026/09/california-prison-misconduct-report/\">met this week in Sacramento\u003c/a> to discuss the ongoing crisis and work toward solutions. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>California lawmakers have sent a slew of bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk aiming to increase state oversight of federal immigration detention.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AMEND_PREA_Report_Final.pdf\">Lack of Reporting, Lack of Trust in Prison Staff, and Fear of Retaliation\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Host Madi Bolaños spoke with formerly incarcerated community activist Darnel Washington about why sexual violence persists behind bars, and what needs to change to better protect incarcerated people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She started by asking him why sexual violence remains such a persistent problem in men’s prison despite the implementation of the \u003ca href=\"https://bja.ojp.gov/program/prea/overview\">Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA\u003c/a>, over two decades ago. That’s the federal law that sets national standards for correctional facilities to eliminate sexual assault in prisons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for length and clarity. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: I think one is lack of reporting, lack of trust in staff when they’re reporting, and whether it be retaliation or what I say be confidential, and will I get the support I need or will I be punished for bringing this to staff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>BOLAÑOS: You were a PREA instructor at San Quentin. Can you tell me a little bit about what that entailed?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: Well, we would bring guys into the room and basically we’d tell them about PREA, the Prison Rape Elimination Act, how to report it, who to report to, let them know it’s supposed to be confidentiality, whoever the officer is, it’s between you, him, and then they bring it to the watch commander and everything is confidential and if the officer was to bring it out, he can be held accountable as well. So that helped a lot of people and knowing that I’m a peer. For them and they felt comfortable talking to me about any questions they had.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>BOLAÑOS: This report found that once somebody did make a report that the investigation itself had flaws. What was your take on why that could be?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: Well, I think number one, are they taking the allegations seriously? And then, if they’re not taking the allegation seriously, of course, the paperwork is not going to be done properly. The right investigation is not going to done properly.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>BOLAÑOS: Something that’s come up a lot in this conference is retaliation, not just from staff but from other prisoners. What is retaliations like and can you just describe for people who don’t have an understanding like how that can affect people’s ability to report or to want to report?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: I think one of them could be like people ostracizing them, like you’re a snitch and you’re this and this and that, and not looking at them as someone who’s a victim.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>BOLAÑOS: Yeah, it’s interesting, the report also mentions that there’s the social element of reporting rape and, you know, there are stigmas around that in men’s prisons. What do people risk socially when they report rape?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: Well, some people think, like, oh, I’m weak now. You know, how are people going to look at me? My man had just been tooken. Or rather, I just wanted it because why didn’t I fight? Or, you know, all of these different things of why you didn’t protect yourself from this, not understanding the person was in fear. This is one of the problems we have with young men. When we talk to our daughters, we’re like, if someone ever touch you, you better come tell me. But how many of us have that same conversations with our sons?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>BOLAÑOS: And we talked about this earlier, but there’s a backlog of PREA reports. There’s too many PREA report for the system to handle, and some of the answers to that question are people are creating false reports. Why would someone create a false PREA Report?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: Well A lot of times in prison you have relationships that’s going bad. You know, there is a lot of drugs in prison and people with drug debts. People just don’t want to be in a certain prison anymore. They just want to get moved and like that’s one way to get moved out. And there is no consequence for making these false reports as well. So maybe if it was mentioned that there could be consequences for making false reports, maybe people wouldn’t make them as well, because you have to have some. Some type of deterrence, because if not, you’re wasting valuable resources for those who have really been victims of it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>BOLAÑOS: If California wants to go from responding to sexual assault to preventing it, what needs to happen?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON: I think, number one, most importantly, single man cell, getting the population down because the officers cannot watch everything that’s going on. And if they’re overworked, how are they going to pay attention to exactly what’s going on.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096334/as-ice-custody-deaths-rise-state-bill-would-force-release-of-911-call-data\">Bills Aim to Improve Detention Conditions as I.C.E. Arrests Record Number of Californians. \u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bills come as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097313/northern-california-ice-arrests-surged-this-summer\">has arrested a record number of Californians\u003c/a>, and six people have died at ICE facilities in the state since the start of last year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sd26.senate.ca.gov/news/sb-1399-passes-legislature-heads-governors-desk\">One measure would extend\u003c/a> the state attorney general’s power to inspect ICE facilities. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb942\">Another would create\u003c/a> an enforceable bill of rights ensuring humane conditions in civil detention.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ICE says conditions are already humane, and says in a statement: “All detainees are provided with proper meals, quality water, blankets, medical treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta said his inspections have actually found dangerous conditions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s wrong. It’s just not true,” Bonta said. “That’s why these bills are important because we know what the reality is. We know what immigrants who are in detention centers are experiencing because we went in there and talked to them, and we know that they need a bill of rights to keep them safe.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The state has a right to apply its laws to federal facilities the same way they apply to state and local ones, as long as they don’t place an undue burden on the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s according to UC Berkeley Law School Dean, \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/erwin-chemerinsky/#tab_profile\">Erwin Chemerinsky.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But he expects if these bills become law, they’ll be challenged in court by the Trump administration and the private prison companies. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s only 10 in the morning at this family rehabilitation center in suburban \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, and Jasmine has already had a long day. She’s trying to put her 14-month-old son, Angel, down for a nap. But he’s teething — and fussy. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>“It’s hard,” said Jasmine, who only gave her first name because her family doesn’t know she’s in treatment. But just a few weeks into her program at Via Avanta in the San Fernando Valley, she feels more equipped to face hard things. “Now I can get through my day without using, and I’m so grateful for that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Treatment centers that allow mothers and children to live together are hard to come by, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt35313/2020_NSSATS_FINAL.pdf\">2020 survey\u003c/a>, even though research shows keeping the two together is better for both parent and child. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-FamilyRehab-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095273\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-FamilyRehab-06.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-FamilyRehab-06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260813-FamilyRehab-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Genesis, a resident of Via Avanta, poses with her baby Avielle on June 17, 2026. (Courtesy of Emmanuel Luissi)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Millions of Californians —approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SubstanceUseAlmanac2025.pdf\">17% of state residents —\u003c/a> meet the criteria for a substance use disorder. But the diagnosis remains taboo for mothers, and many moms avoid treatment altogether rather than leave their kids behind.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I wanted to quit, but it was hard to admit that I was an addict,” said Jasmine, whose frequent daily drug use kept her awake for days. Her body ached, and she was always exhausted, which made it hard to take care of her baby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I didn’t like myself because I was using,” she said. “I felt guilt and shame.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Angel was eight months old, Jasmine had a fight with her partner, with whom she had a “toxic” relationship for eight years. “Something clicked in my head, and I said: ‘I don’t want this for my life. I don’t want my son to learn anything from him.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When Jasmine finally went to a shelter to get help, she said it was the hardest decision she ever made. But she knew it was “the right thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The staff at the shelter connected Jasmine with the team at Via Avanta, where she has lived for four months with her baby while in treatment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today the receptionist told me: ‘Your baby is so happy, it means you’re doing a good job,’” Jasmine said.“That feels so good.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A family rehab, with kids in mind\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around a third of clients at Via Avanta come on their own, while the courts refer others. The Medi-Cal-funded program is for women only, but not all of them are mothers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While Via Avanta enforces a strict daily regimen, women are free to leave if they choose. Cell phones are forbidden. Women get up at 7 a.m. to feed the children, clean their rooms and prepare meals for the day. All the clients help out with childcare, even if they have none of their own. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The kids thrive here,” said Jennie Wyatt Coste, the center’s program coordinator and certified substance abuse counselor. “It’s the parents who take a little while to adjust to the structure.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family rehab is a place where parents can rebuild trust with their children that may have been lost during drug use, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The playroom at the Didi Hirsch Via Avanta Facility. (Courtesy of Didi Hirsch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That was my story,” said Wyatt Coste, who was a client in the program almost 40 years ago, before becoming an employee. “I would drop my daughter off at grandma’s and not come back for two or three days.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wyatt Coste married young, and the relationship became abusive. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>By the time her daughter was four, she was facing six years in prison for selling drugs. Her probation officer told her about Via Avanta.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was terrified, because I didn’t know what to expect,” she said about joining the program for the first time and learning to handle her emotions. “I went through a lot of uncomfortable situations.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her 4-year-old daughter at the time had been staying with her grandmother. When she came to live with Wyatt Coste at Via Avanta, she acted out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The honeymoon was over very quickly,” Wyatt Coste said. “She was very mad that I had not been a part of her life.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wyatt Coste learned new parenting tactics, like patience, kindness, and using timeouts instead of spankings. As the months went on, she repaired the bond with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“She had a right to be angry with me,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Day by day, milestone by milestone, Wyatt Coste built up her confidence.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I wanted to be a good mother,” she said. “That is what keeps me clean still today.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These days, Wyatt Coste has a great relationship with her kids and granddaughter, who all live together under one roof. “I hope that I’ve broken the cycle,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life after the program\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After they leave Via Avanta, some women may choose lifelong abstinence, and for others, occasional alcohol or marijuana use is more realistic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Relapse is common, said Jessica Lasater, division director of residential substance use services at Didi Hirsch. And when that happens, moms are always welcomed back. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a home. This is a community of women and staff members that is ready to support their journey, wherever they’re at,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bedroom at the Didi Hirsch Via Avanta Facility. (Courtesy of Didi Hirsch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Genesis, a mother of four from Los Angeles, is at Via Avanta for the third time, after relapsing. While her baby learns to sleep through the night, Genesis attends the center’s group activities and classes on interrupted sleep.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Living here is tough,” she said. “There’s a lot of rules.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While Genesis goes through the Narcotic Anonymous steps, she is also learning how to respond to her children’s tantrums with patience. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve learned how to be a mother here,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her children’s well-being is what motivates Genesis to stay in recovery: “They’re tired of me relapsing. I want them to know their mom is a fighter and a survivor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://law-journals-books.vlex.com/vid/women-and-children-in-875444568?utm_\">Research\u003c/a> has shown that family-centered programs like Via Avanta lead to \u003ca href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10867297/\">better outcomes\u003c/a>, including less addiction severity, less parental stress, and improved behavioral and emotional functioning for children. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/famp.12501\">2019 study\u003c/a> indicated that mothers are more engaged in treatment when their children stay in their care. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But residential programs for moms and kids are still few and far between, in part because stigma prevents mothers from getting treatment, Lasaster said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen many women who postpone their treatment for years,” Lasaster said. When she asks the women why they didn’t come sooner, they cite their duties as both homemakers and breadwinners.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095032\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Via Avanta resident Jasmine walks with her toddler, Angel, in the playground at the Southern California facility on June 17, 2026. (Courtesy of Emmanuel Luissi)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of weight on women to carry it all,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Via Avanta currently has 25 women residents —even though they have room for up to 40. Lasater said leaving extended family and committing to a strict, sober daily routine is not for everyone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Being ready to really shake up that entire system is such a big leap,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jasmine was able to make that radical change, with the goal of enjoying a simple life. When she finishes treatment in September, she looks forward to taking her son to the grocery store and playing at the park. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always thought my purpose in life was something big,” she said. “Now I just think my purpose is to enjoy life — without using.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Angel was eight months old, Jasmine had a fight with her partner, with whom she had a “toxic” relationship for eight years. “Something clicked in my head, and I said: ‘I don’t want this for my life. I don’t want my son to learn anything from him.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When Jasmine finally went to a shelter to get help, she said it was the hardest decision she ever made. But she knew it was “the right thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The staff at the shelter connected Jasmine with the team at Via Avanta, where she has lived for four months with her baby while in treatment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today the receptionist told me: ‘Your baby is so happy, it means you’re doing a good job,’” Jasmine said.“That feels so good.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A family rehab, with kids in mind\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around a third of clients at Via Avanta come on their own, while the courts refer others. The Medi-Cal-funded program is for women only, but not all of them are mothers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While Via Avanta enforces a strict daily regimen, women are free to leave if they choose. Cell phones are forbidden. Women get up at 7 a.m. to feed the children, clean their rooms and prepare meals for the day. All the clients help out with childcare, even if they have none of their own. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The kids thrive here,” said Jennie Wyatt Coste, the center’s program coordinator and certified substance abuse counselor. “It’s the parents who take a little while to adjust to the structure.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family rehab is a place where parents can rebuild trust with their children that may have been lost during drug use, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-05-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The playroom at the Didi Hirsch Via Avanta Facility. 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When she came to live with Wyatt Coste at Via Avanta, she acted out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The honeymoon was over very quickly,” Wyatt Coste said. “She was very mad that I had not been a part of her life.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wyatt Coste learned new parenting tactics, like patience, kindness, and using timeouts instead of spankings. As the months went on, she repaired the bond with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“She had a right to be angry with me,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Day by day, milestone by milestone, Wyatt Coste built up her confidence.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I wanted to be a good mother,” she said. “That is what keeps me clean still today.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These days, Wyatt Coste has a great relationship with her kids and granddaughter, who all live together under one roof. “I hope that I’ve broken the cycle,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life after the program\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After they leave Via Avanta, some women may choose lifelong abstinence, and for others, occasional alcohol or marijuana use is more realistic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Relapse is common, said Jessica Lasater, division director of residential substance use services at Didi Hirsch. And when that happens, moms are always welcomed back. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a home. This is a community of women and staff members that is ready to support their journey, wherever they’re at,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095035\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260812-FamilyRehab-04-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bedroom at the Didi Hirsch Via Avanta Facility. 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Vásquez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Trump Administration’s budget proposal is absurd on its face and should be rejected outright,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. “Rebuilding Alcatraz into a modern prison is a stupid notion that would be nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Democratic lawmakers have similarly rejected the notion, which Pelosi called when Trump first announced the plans last year, his administration’s “stupidest initiative yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener, who is currently vying to succeed Pelosi in Congress, called the plan the “epitome of waste, fraud, and abuse.”[aside postID=news_12048509 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Interior-Secretary-Doug-Burgum.jpg']“Trump’s dementia continues to get the best of him,” he said. “Making Alcatraz a prison again isn’t a thing, and we’re not going to let him turn Alcatraz into his newest gulag. Back off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s office said restoring the facility is expected to cost over $2 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estimated by the Bureau of Prisons around that time to be about three times as high as any other federal facility, Alcatraz was shuttered in 1963 due to high operating costs and crumbling infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its highest occupancy, the site housed between 260 and 275 people — less than 1% of federal prisoners in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s plan would also face legislative challenges, since the island is currently under the control of the Department of the Interior as part of the Golden Gate Recreation Area, a federally recognized national park created in Congress in 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area includes Alcatraz, Muir Woods in Marin County and the Presidio in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055101\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055101\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspiration Point overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025, looks out over the Bay and Alcatraz. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal law requires that the National Park Service and Department of the Interior “preserve the recreation area, as far as possible, in its natural setting, and protect it from development and uses which would destroy the scenic beauty and natural character of the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land is also subject to the Historic Preservation, National Environmental Protection and Park Service Organic acts — federal protections that would make operating a prison on the site virtually impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcatraz is a tourist destination that attracts more than 1.5 million visitors a year, generating tens of millions of dollars, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said when Trump first floated the idea of reopening the prison last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference, Lurie told reporters, “This is not a serious proposal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The potentially record-shattering heat wave roasting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> this week reminds Lawrence Cox of the people locked in suffocating state prison cells with no windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures inside aging prison buildings can climb much higher than outdoors, with little to no relief, said Cox, who was formerly incarcerated at correctional facilities in Solano, Kern and Imperial counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 41-year-old used to soak a bed sheet with water and wrap it around himself to try to keep cool during triple-digit summer temperatures. The fans that he and his cellmates were provided with just “pushed hot air,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was extremely uncomfortable, headaches, feeling closed in, like you’re in a furnace,” said Cox, now an organizer with the Oakland-based nonprofit Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. “If it’s 100 degrees outside, it’s at least 115 degrees inside these cells, and there’s no air conditioner\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation holds nearly 90,000 incarcerated people, many of whom are required to work, and more than 58,000 employees. But the state’s largest agency has been exempted from required worker protections against dangerous heat that apply to most other job sites in California\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State workplace safety regulators are now proposing to end that carve-out. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/heat-illness-corrections/\">Draft regulations \u003c/a>released earlier this month would require CDCR to provide employees, including incarcerated workers, with drinking water and rest breaks in cool-down areas when indoor temperatures reach or exceed 87 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inmates perform yard work at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department should reduce temperatures in indoor work areas to below 87 degrees or limit workers’ exposure to heat, such as by changing their shifts. But employers could skirt the requirements, which would also cover local jails and juvenile detention facilities, if they can demonstrate that the measures are unfeasible or would imperil safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cox, Cal/OSHA’s draft represents a much-awaited first step to kickstart the rulemaking process, which can take months or years. It’s unclear how much tens of thousands of incarcerated workers would be protected if large exemptions are allowed, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The proposal appears to protect staff way more than protecting the incarcerated population,” Cox said. “With a more refined and intentional approach, I think we could do better. Because what’s proposed now basically can delay or dilute real relief and turn this rule basically into a paper rule, leaving it largely up to discretion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Xjimenez, a spokesperson for CDCR, said safety is a priority and the department takes proactive steps to prevent excessive heat exposure for workers at its facilities.\u003cbr>\n“If the new indoor heat regulations are implemented, CDCR will work with the Administration to assess impacts and follow the existing state budget processes to the extent additional state resources are needed,” Xjimenez said in a statement. [aside postID=news_12071751 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/EchoesOfIsolation_01.jpg']Cal/OSHA spokesperson Denisse Gómez said feedback from stakeholders and others will inform the proposed regulation, which will be discussed next at a public meeting on May 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR operates dozens of correctional and rehabilitation facilities, many of them \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/bph/divisions/severe-mental-health-disorder/mdo-evaluators/map-of-californias-correctional-and-rehabilitation-institutions/\">located\u003c/a> in the Central Valley, Inland Empire and other regions that often reach triple digits during the summer. Climate change is expected to exacerbate the risks of very high temperatures, which can result in heat stroke and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of workplace safety advocates and unions representing prison staffers backs a state bill that would require CDCR to implement minimum relief measures during excessive weather events. AB 2499 would also mandate cooling systems at correctional facilities’ living quarters, work areas, and recreational spaces. The Assembly’s public safety committee plans to hear the proposed legislation on March 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State prison officials have estimated that it would cost \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/green/wp-content/uploads/sites/176/2025/06/Climate-and-the-Impact-on-CDCR.pdf\">about $6 billion\u003c/a> to implement effective air cooling mechanisms to protect prison workers from extreme heat. Cost concerns led policymakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991314/california-board-approves-long-awaited-heat-protections-for-most-indoor-workers\">to exclude CDCR\u003c/a> from indoor heat rules issued in 2024 for restaurants, warehouses, manufacturing plants and other indoor workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/HeatIllnessInfo.html\"> regulations\u003c/a> have a lower temperature trigger than the current proposal for prisons and jails, as businesses are required to provide workers with drinking water and cool-down options when indoor temperatures climb to 82 degrees. If an area reaches 87 degrees, employers must lower the temperature through air conditioning, ventilation and other measures, or reduce worker exposure to the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1973px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007882\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Imprisoned people wearing orange outfits hang out in an outdoor area of the prison, while a guard watches from a tower overhead.\" width=\"1973\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed.jpg 1973w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-1020x689.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-1920x1297.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1973px) 100vw, 1973px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Department of Corrections officer looks on as inmates at Chino State Prison exercise in the yard Dec. 10, 2010, in Chino, California. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CDCR has been working on a $38 million\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/09/california-prison-heat-death-pilot/\"> pilot program \u003c/a>to test insulation and cooling system improvements at three prisons in Madera, Kern and Los Angeles counties. Results are not expected until 2028 at the earliest. The department is also working on projects to improve cooling at housing units in five institutions, at a cost of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/green/wp-content/uploads/sites/176/2025/06/Climate-and-the-Impact-on-CDCR.pdf\">$246 million\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Office of the Inspector General \u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Audit-of-the-California-Department-of-Corrections-and-Rehabilitations-Management-of-Temperature-Conditions-Within-Californias-Prisons.pdf\">reviewed\u003c/a> the department’s preparedness for extremely hot and cold temperatures at three prisons — High Desert State Prison, California State Prison, Corcoran and California State Prison, Los Angeles County — and found CDCR was failing to take steps to protect vulnerable incarcerated people. Old cooling and heating equipment commonly failed, as some systems were more than 30 years old, the review found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The department has long acknowledged the challenges it has with its aging infrastructure, including heating and cooling systems,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The potentially record-shattering heat wave roasting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> this week reminds Lawrence Cox of the people locked in suffocating state prison cells with no windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures inside aging prison buildings can climb much higher than outdoors, with little to no relief, said Cox, who was formerly incarcerated at correctional facilities in Solano, Kern and Imperial counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 41-year-old used to soak a bed sheet with water and wrap it around himself to try to keep cool during triple-digit summer temperatures. The fans that he and his cellmates were provided with just “pushed hot air,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was extremely uncomfortable, headaches, feeling closed in, like you’re in a furnace,” said Cox, now an organizer with the Oakland-based nonprofit Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. “If it’s 100 degrees outside, it’s at least 115 degrees inside these cells, and there’s no air conditioner\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation holds nearly 90,000 incarcerated people, many of whom are required to work, and more than 58,000 employees. But the state’s largest agency has been exempted from required worker protections against dangerous heat that apply to most other job sites in California\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State workplace safety regulators are now proposing to end that carve-out. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/heat-illness-corrections/\">Draft regulations \u003c/a>released earlier this month would require CDCR to provide employees, including incarcerated workers, with drinking water and rest breaks in cool-down areas when indoor temperatures reach or exceed 87 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inmates perform yard work at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department should reduce temperatures in indoor work areas to below 87 degrees or limit workers’ exposure to heat, such as by changing their shifts. But employers could skirt the requirements, which would also cover local jails and juvenile detention facilities, if they can demonstrate that the measures are unfeasible or would imperil safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cox, Cal/OSHA’s draft represents a much-awaited first step to kickstart the rulemaking process, which can take months or years. It’s unclear how much tens of thousands of incarcerated workers would be protected if large exemptions are allowed, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The proposal appears to protect staff way more than protecting the incarcerated population,” Cox said. “With a more refined and intentional approach, I think we could do better. Because what’s proposed now basically can delay or dilute real relief and turn this rule basically into a paper rule, leaving it largely up to discretion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Xjimenez, a spokesperson for CDCR, said safety is a priority and the department takes proactive steps to prevent excessive heat exposure for workers at its facilities.\u003cbr>\n“If the new indoor heat regulations are implemented, CDCR will work with the Administration to assess impacts and follow the existing state budget processes to the extent additional state resources are needed,” Xjimenez said in a statement. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Cal/OSHA spokesperson Denisse Gómez said feedback from stakeholders and others will inform the proposed regulation, which will be discussed next at a public meeting on May 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDCR operates dozens of correctional and rehabilitation facilities, many of them \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/bph/divisions/severe-mental-health-disorder/mdo-evaluators/map-of-californias-correctional-and-rehabilitation-institutions/\">located\u003c/a> in the Central Valley, Inland Empire and other regions that often reach triple digits during the summer. Climate change is expected to exacerbate the risks of very high temperatures, which can result in heat stroke and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of workplace safety advocates and unions representing prison staffers backs a state bill that would require CDCR to implement minimum relief measures during excessive weather events. AB 2499 would also mandate cooling systems at correctional facilities’ living quarters, work areas, and recreational spaces. The Assembly’s public safety committee plans to hear the proposed legislation on March 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State prison officials have estimated that it would cost \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/green/wp-content/uploads/sites/176/2025/06/Climate-and-the-Impact-on-CDCR.pdf\">about $6 billion\u003c/a> to implement effective air cooling mechanisms to protect prison workers from extreme heat. Cost concerns led policymakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991314/california-board-approves-long-awaited-heat-protections-for-most-indoor-workers\">to exclude CDCR\u003c/a> from indoor heat rules issued in 2024 for restaurants, warehouses, manufacturing plants and other indoor workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/HeatIllnessInfo.html\"> regulations\u003c/a> have a lower temperature trigger than the current proposal for prisons and jails, as businesses are required to provide workers with drinking water and cool-down options when indoor temperatures climb to 82 degrees. If an area reaches 87 degrees, employers must lower the temperature through air conditioning, ventilation and other measures, or reduce worker exposure to the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1973px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007882\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Imprisoned people wearing orange outfits hang out in an outdoor area of the prison, while a guard watches from a tower overhead.\" width=\"1973\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed.jpg 1973w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-1020x689.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/107520204_qed-1920x1297.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1973px) 100vw, 1973px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Department of Corrections officer looks on as inmates at Chino State Prison exercise in the yard Dec. 10, 2010, in Chino, California. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CDCR has been working on a $38 million\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/09/california-prison-heat-death-pilot/\"> pilot program \u003c/a>to test insulation and cooling system improvements at three prisons in Madera, Kern and Los Angeles counties. Results are not expected until 2028 at the earliest. The department is also working on projects to improve cooling at housing units in five institutions, at a cost of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/green/wp-content/uploads/sites/176/2025/06/Climate-and-the-Impact-on-CDCR.pdf\">$246 million\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Office of the Inspector General \u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Audit-of-the-California-Department-of-Corrections-and-Rehabilitations-Management-of-Temperature-Conditions-Within-Californias-Prisons.pdf\">reviewed\u003c/a> the department’s preparedness for extremely hot and cold temperatures at three prisons — High Desert State Prison, California State Prison, Corcoran and California State Prison, Los Angeles County — and found CDCR was failing to take steps to protect vulnerable incarcerated people. Old cooling and heating equipment commonly failed, as some systems were more than 30 years old, the review found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The department has long acknowledged the challenges it has with its aging infrastructure, including heating and cooling systems,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Arms Down program at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly San Quentin State Prison, “firearm addiction” is treated like an alcohol addiction. Its founders, all of whom are currently incarcerated men, say that talking about why perpetrators of gun violence carry guns in the first place is their contribution to gun violence prevention from behind bars. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/california-san-quentin-gun-violence\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The revolutionary prison program where men help each other put down their guns: ‘Don’t end up like me’\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3425351890&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:01:47] So, in covering gun violence, people will ask me and ask police, ask officials, why are shootings happening? Why are homicides either up or down?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:00] Abené Clayton is a reporter with the Guardian’s Guns and Lies in America project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:02:06] And in my mind, I would always think like, well, you’re not gonna have a real answer unless you ask the person who did it. When we talk about crime dynamics, there’s so much analysis and research and commentary that goes into it, but a major sort of missing piece in all of this is talking directly to someone who either did the specific thing or has done something similar, and we don’t do that very often, if at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:44] You reported on a sort of unique program that turns this on its head in a way because this sort of idea of gun violence prevention is actually happening inside of a prison. Tell us about Arms Down out of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:03:08] So Arms Down is a mutual help group for firearm offenders styled after these sort of self-help rehabilitative programs that exist in prisons. Right now, they have about 120 guys who, one half of them meet on Tuesdays, another half meets on Fridays. And during those sessions, they sit in groups of like eight to 10, 12 guys pretty much share the experiences that led them to prison and to the Arms Down circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Automated Voice \u003c/strong>[00:03:43] To accept this call, say or dial 5 now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:03:48] It was founded by an incarcerated man named Jemaine Hunter, who is in prison for a 34 years to life sentence. He’s been inside for the last two decades or so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:04:02] Hi, my name is Jermaine Hunter. I am the founder of Arms Down, a group that’s mutual help for gun offenders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:16] What is his story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:04:18] Jemaine is from Fresno. He was born and raised there in the 80s and 90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:04:24] Fresno, California is like one of them cities back in the, especially back in the eighties, it was like, slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:04:33] Kind of at the height of the crack, super predator epidemic that we look back on today as a reference point for so many things, whether it’s like tough on crime tactics, what we know today as like community violence, all sorts of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:04:50] I was pretty much ambitious with the streets, getting out, trying to be my own man, you know, as a kid, wanting to get out and have things that I wasn’t provided in the household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:05:09] He told me that his first interaction with gun violence was actually a shooting that happened in his home between his grandparents when he was four or five. I think that kind of sets the stage in his mind for what guns were used for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:05:26] I was out there standing in the street selling drugs, doing whatever it was that us as hustlers and people that’s prone to the street life do. And the firearm was just an essential tool to carry on with that lifestyle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] And I think this mindset, he carried it with him, right? Until his offense at age 24, that ended in him being convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 34 years to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:04] When Jermaine was in prison, he sort of realized that he wanted to start this program Arms Down. Why did he want to start his program? What did he feel like was missing that he really wanted to fill?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:06:22] He had been in a couple other facilities before getting to San Quentin. And all during that time, he was doing the self-help programs, you know what I’m saying, really trying to heal, you know, victims awareness, things, all of this stuff that people will recommend you become a part of if you are incarcerated. But he told me that there was no group that specifically addressed firearms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:06:49] Just talking to other people on the yard or in prison, you know, after doing seven, eight years or whatever their crimes, a lot of them still thought about having a firearm after doing all this time. So I definitely understood that it was a need for this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:07:07] In some of the places he was, firearms were seen as like a footnote, right? It was like, oh, you had all of these other things. You just happen to use a gun. But for him and so many other people in who are incarcerated, guns were like a central part of their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:07:23] All the classes was basically saying that we were having guns just to kill. I had a gun every day of my life. I just committed that crime that one day. So what happened to all those days that I was just packing a gun and not using it? So I felt like it was a need to talk about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:07:51] It was hard for some folks to understand why, without a space that was specifically tailored to those conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:01] So how does it work exactly, Abené? Like, what does it actually look like to go through this program?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:08:09] In the earlier parts of the cohort, they start by discussing their first interactions with gun violence. For example, Jemaine may talk about the shooting incident with his grandparents when he was a kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:08:24] We talk about growing up as kids, what it was that your beliefs were with firearms to try to combat a bunch of faulty beliefs and rumors that you may have heard as a kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:08:41] They also talk about what they thought guns were for and how those perceptions were shaped by their past experiences and things they were exposed to, whether it’s through television, whether it was through their neighborhoods, et cetera, and they’re really able to dig in there. And they also do an exercise where they talk to somebody who stands in for their victim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:09:08] We talk about the primary, secondary, and tertiary victims, everything from the person that you hurt to the person who shoots a gun off around the school. How does it affect them kids that’s in the playground by just hearing them shot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:09:29] The arms down participant will have to sort of take accountability, talk about the situation that happened that led them to prison and to the group, and they go through that process as well. So it’s a multi-pronged approach to ultimately getting understanding about what led you to believe that a gun was your only tool in that moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:08] It almost sounds like an alcoholics anonymous group, but for folks who’ve used guns in some sort of crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:10:27] Yeah, I mean, that’s exactly what it is. When I first started talking to Jemaine and Jesse Milo, one of the group’s co-creators, they compared it directly to like alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, right? Like anger management. They compared it to all of these different things, but specifically for people with what they’ve coined as a firearm addiction. They think about it in the same way. And when Jemaine would describe how he thought about direarms it was in line with that, right, you wake up, you’re like, where is it? How do I get it if I don’t have it? Where is it gonna come from?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:11:06] Firearm addiction is basically you being codependent for a firearm. The chaos, the things that we’ve been through with a firearm, and you still feel like it’s a need or you’re codependant on this same tool, then you’ve got to address that there’s an issue with this firearm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:11:27] You go to prison for it, you lose relationships because of it, but still, you still need that thing. And while that’s a term I’d never heard before, once I heard it, I was like, well, that makes sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:39] Yeah, and I’ve never heard that phrase either, firearm addiction, until you mentioned it. And I guess I wonder why do you think gun violence prevention hasn’t always considered this as part of the solution? What does naming it as an addiction do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:12:01] I think that it allows for sort of updated and expanded ways of thinking about how to address it. It was just a level of insight that I was like, wow, this is missing from the discourse. You know what I’m saying? This is missing. From the conversations we have about gun violence all the time that already are mostly focused on like police prosecution and the like. To binaries of guns everywhere or guns for no one nowhere except for cops. In terms of like outside world violence prevention, I think that people prefer for the redemption arc to be done right before they start listening to someone. They want you to already have been out, been rehabilitated, working with kids, and then they’ll take your expertise on gun violence a little more seriously. You’ll be allowed to have this sort of platform. But also I think people may just like be like, oh, well, they’re in prison. What do they have to offer? Honestly, you’re in prison. What can you do to like affect the outside? But as we’re seeing through Arms Down, there’s actually plenty you can do, especially when working in concert with folks who are on the outside who believe in what all you got going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:19] It does sound like there is a sense that what is happening here with Arms Down is a successful model, but of course we are just talking about one program at one prison. And are there efforts happening to expand arms down into other prisons?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:13:38] Yeah, there are. They’ve gotten interest from other guys in prisons throughout the state who are like, man, we want this program here. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:01:47] So, in covering gun violence, people will ask me and ask police, ask officials, why are shootings happening? Why are homicides either up or down?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:00] Abené Clayton is a reporter with the Guardian’s Guns and Lies in America project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:02:06] And in my mind, I would always think like, well, you’re not gonna have a real answer unless you ask the person who did it. When we talk about crime dynamics, there’s so much analysis and research and commentary that goes into it, but a major sort of missing piece in all of this is talking directly to someone who either did the specific thing or has done something similar, and we don’t do that very often, if at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:44] You reported on a sort of unique program that turns this on its head in a way because this sort of idea of gun violence prevention is actually happening inside of a prison. Tell us about Arms Down out of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:03:08] So Arms Down is a mutual help group for firearm offenders styled after these sort of self-help rehabilitative programs that exist in prisons. Right now, they have about 120 guys who, one half of them meet on Tuesdays, another half meets on Fridays. And during those sessions, they sit in groups of like eight to 10, 12 guys pretty much share the experiences that led them to prison and to the Arms Down circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Automated Voice \u003c/strong>[00:03:43] To accept this call, say or dial 5 now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:03:48] It was founded by an incarcerated man named Jemaine Hunter, who is in prison for a 34 years to life sentence. He’s been inside for the last two decades or so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:04:02] Hi, my name is Jermaine Hunter. I am the founder of Arms Down, a group that’s mutual help for gun offenders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:16] What is his story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:04:18] Jemaine is from Fresno. He was born and raised there in the 80s and 90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:04:24] Fresno, California is like one of them cities back in the, especially back in the eighties, it was like, slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:04:33] Kind of at the height of the crack, super predator epidemic that we look back on today as a reference point for so many things, whether it’s like tough on crime tactics, what we know today as like community violence, all sorts of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:04:50] I was pretty much ambitious with the streets, getting out, trying to be my own man, you know, as a kid, wanting to get out and have things that I wasn’t provided in the household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:05:09] He told me that his first interaction with gun violence was actually a shooting that happened in his home between his grandparents when he was four or five. 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What did he feel like was missing that he really wanted to fill?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:06:22] He had been in a couple other facilities before getting to San Quentin. And all during that time, he was doing the self-help programs, you know what I’m saying, really trying to heal, you know, victims awareness, things, all of this stuff that people will recommend you become a part of if you are incarcerated. But he told me that there was no group that specifically addressed firearms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:06:49] Just talking to other people on the yard or in prison, you know, after doing seven, eight years or whatever their crimes, a lot of them still thought about having a firearm after doing all this time. So I definitely understood that it was a need for this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:07:07] In some of the places he was, firearms were seen as like a footnote, right? It was like, oh, you had all of these other things. You just happen to use a gun. But for him and so many other people in who are incarcerated, guns were like a central part of their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:07:23] All the classes was basically saying that we were having guns just to kill. I had a gun every day of my life. I just committed that crime that one day. So what happened to all those days that I was just packing a gun and not using it? So I felt like it was a need to talk about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:07:51] It was hard for some folks to understand why, without a space that was specifically tailored to those conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:01] So how does it work exactly, Abené? Like, what does it actually look like to go through this program?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:08:09] In the earlier parts of the cohort, they start by discussing their first interactions with gun violence. For example, Jemaine may talk about the shooting incident with his grandparents when he was a kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jemaine Hunter \u003c/strong>[00:08:24] We talk about growing up as kids, what it was that your beliefs were with firearms to try to combat a bunch of faulty beliefs and rumors that you may have heard as a kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abené Clayton \u003c/strong>[00:08:41] They also talk about what they thought guns were for and how those perceptions were shaped by their past experiences and things they were exposed to, whether it’s through television, whether it was through their neighborhoods, et cetera, and they’re really able to dig in there. 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Canales said union members who attended a walkthrough on Thursday informed him that the assessment involved inspecting the prison grounds, buildings and security fence for structural damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, can the prison hold detainees as is, or [does it] need repairs,” Canales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another union official said ICE representatives were at the facility as recently as Friday and that ICE and BOP recently finalized an agreement to detain immigrants in federal prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The administration’s push for what they want, it will require a lot of bed space. And when I say bed space, I’m talking about detention center bed spaces for detainees. And they don’t have it. 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This is a matter of basic humanity, and I won’t stand for this wanton cruelty and disregard for human rights, particularly in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the facility’s closure, hundreds of women were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984115/women-forced-to-relocate-from-fci-dublin-prison-report-traumatizing-journey-seek-compassionate-release\">quickly transferred to other federal prisons\u003c/a> throughout the country during the facility’s closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the past several years at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Dublin, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) has taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure — and most critical — employee misconduct,” then-BOP Director Colette S. 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