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What might seem to only stretch out a couple of dollars for some toiletries for the month, prisoners in California are lucky to barely afford a packet of ramen or a bar of soap. SB 474 known as the Basic Affordable Supplies for Incarcerated Californians Act that was introduced by Senator Josh Be...

We all understand that a person can be seen as just a case file and nothing more to judges and prosecutors, leading to a despairing result that can change that person's life completely upside down. A full outlook on what really happened that got the person arrested and detained in jail is extreme...

An Oklahoma judge dismissed the lawsuit last Friday that would have granted reparations for the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. 3 survivors who made the lawsuit in 2020, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis, did not come from a simplified background – they endure...

While driving on the streets to your friend's house or finally getting off the freeway to get to work, tracking who is getting from one place to another is a form of police surveillance. Automatic license plate readers, known as ALPRs, are usually mounted on police cars or on public infrastructu...

Last September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance Recovery and Empowerment Act known as CARE into law under Senate Bill 1338. Its purpose is to implement a new branch into the court infrastructure that take care of mental health cases and the clients. This legislation allows ...

Last month, Governor Newsom announced his proposal to the United States Constitution to limit gun ownership under the climate of gun control debates and daily mass shootings throughout the country. Here is what the proposal consists of under the drafted 28th Amendment that promotes gun safety pr...

The Fifth Amendment is a right that protects you from compelling force that would self-incriminate yourself in a criminal case. These testimonial communications that would be protected under the right include using your own mind and its content, can and cannot be verbal as well. The confusion if ...

ICE is known to use deceptive tactics, including impersonating a police officer that violates the Fourth Amendment of many immigrants without notice. Warrantless raids that are without probable cause, it can be difficult for many to determine if this is an officer that they can trust. Prompting q...

Voting rights for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals has always been a fight to obtain and improve. It varies by state, but in California, those who have completed their parole can be given back the right to vote. However, what about those who are currently on parole? How does the...

Next term starting in October, the Supreme Court will decide whether people who are subject to domestic violence orders can possess a gun under federal law....

BREAKING NEWS – The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that allows Christians to use their free-speech to deny certain services for same-sex marriages, even in the state of California where laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The case was based upon a Colorado graph...

This morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled for two cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC which impact admission processes based on the consideration of race and ethnicity in education institutions. The Justices in a 6-3 decision determine...

Solitary confinement is torture, period. With the understanding that prisons are innately harmful, placing incarcerated persons into solitary confinement adds on more stress...

Your driver's license can possibly be suspended if convicted of a serious driving offense, and privileges to drive can either be taken temporarily or permanently. Laws regarding motor vehicles and driving vary state to state. Reasons why your driver's license can be suspended include: An alco...

BREAKING NEWS – The Supreme Court has struck down the federal student loan forgiveness program which would wipe out $400 billion dollars of debt from Americans....

Growing up, I had a sense that my uncle wasn't around because of travelling as I was told, but because of prison. He had been incarcerated for a year a while back and then suddenly was not in sight at family gatherings. My grandmother, who had taken care of him as he switched from job to job and...

In the U.S., there isn't an exact amount of how many deaf and hard of hearing individuals that are currently incarcerated. There's also little to no communication access for them behind bars either. It's what the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community like to call, in isolation in isolation. Many fa...

Police misconduct comes in all shapes and forms, and a roadblock that comes along approaching these issues within law enforcement agencies is how they team up to block away from accountability. It is more intensified when the media has touched based on Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and their e...

The 2020 Presidential election was a divisive pinpoint in our democracy, with the necessary assessment on election administration and their safety. Harassment, intimidation, and even threats against election workers came at an all-time high on a national level, and there is much concern for 2024....

You might've heard of this phrase before: “But we're a family!” I know that I have. It's the way mistreatment or abuse can be excused, and it's easier to accept despite the anger that's built up. We can only imagine children who endure abuse from a sibling or a peer at school and viewing bruis...

Last May, the United Farm Workers Foundation and ACLU Northern California filed a lawsuit with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Martínez Aguilasocho Law, Inc. to go against the County of Kern and Kern County Supreme Court, for systematically denying poor misdemeanor defendants their constitutiona...

Violence in a relationship will always be a difficulty to navigate. Knowing where to go for help, leaving the relationship safely, and getting back to your own life are all big steps to take from a vulnerable position. Heterosexual relationships are the default example of examining intimate partn...

Relationships between a patient and a physician in general include the right to medical confidentiality. The exceptions that would break that confidentiality are usually if there is notice of risk of losing their own life or threats being made to harm another person. This is also applied in the s...

The juvenile justice system isn't anything juvenile or justice alike. Children become criminalized without agency, and the lack of research of juvenile detention centers makes it difficult to know where things are leading. According to the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin...

In July 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court declared the “photographing and fingerprinting” procedure as unconstitutional with applying the 4th Amendment, a tactic that the Grand Rapids Police Department had been doing for over a decade and violated two young Black boys. Yeah, what am I talking abo...