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Will GEO Group’s private prison in San Diego find a way
WEBFeb 14, 2022 · The fate of Western Region has been in question since President Joe Biden issued an executive order in January 2021 that would phase out federal private prisons. But when GEO Group’s contract to run the San Diego facility expired in September, the company was granted a six-month extension through the end of March.
What you need to know about policing in schools - inewsource
WEBSep 27, 2021 · A Center for Public Integrity analysis of U.S. Department of Education data from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico found that school policing disproportionately affects students with disabilities, Black children and, in some states, Native American and Latino children. Despite calls from children’s and civil rights ...
Court-ordered reforms at Donovan state prison face legal challenge
WEBSep 28, 2021 · The Richard J. Donovan state prison in Otay Mesa is shown on Dec. 21, 2018. (Megan Wood/inewsource) California’s corrections department is on the verge of agreeing to an unprecedented legal settlement that would force Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego to handle staff misconduct allegations with greater accountability and ...
Rewired | inewsource
WEBREWIRED is an investigation into a promising and experimental brain treatment that upended the lives of the doctor who developed it and the Navy SEAL who had a psychotic break after receiving it. The reporting, initially published in early 2020, offered the first public description of a University of California investigation into how a $10 ...
SANDAG aims to end SR-125 South Bay tolls early - inewsource
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The South Bay Expressway is shown on April 11, 2022. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource) State Route 125 drivers may stop paying toll fees much sooner than expected — if transportation officials can clear millions of dollars in debt more than a decade early. The San Diego Association of Governments will seek to eliminate toll operations on the South Bay ...
About the HiCaliber Horse Rescue investigation - inewsource
WEBAn inewsource investigation of HiCaliber Horse Rescue that began in February 2018 has uncovered allegations of fraud, animal cruelty and improper veterinary practices at the Valley Center nonprofit. Multiple state and local government agencies also have been involved in investigating HiCaliber, including the California Veterinary Medical Board and state Attorney General’s Office.
Lithium could revolutionize Imperial Valley, locals want in
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Vast lithium stores deep under the Salton Sea in Southern California are worth $500 billion. Companies racing to tap into them promise jobs as locals hope for the region’s transformation. Before Raul Flores held “white gold” in his fingertips, he’d tried his hand at other Imperial Valley jobs. He worked as a correction officer in the ...
Ida Tarbell: A pioneer in document-driven investigative journalism
WEBNov 30, 2016 · Tarbell spend nearly two years researching court records, public documents and conducting in-depth interviews with those in power. Published between 1902 and 1904, her 19-part expose clearly and irrefutably laid out how the company had, often unethically, crushed and coerced rivals on its way to building a multinational oil empire.
Five takeaways from inewsource Donovan Deaths investigation
WEBApr 15, 2021 · Here are our top five takeaways from the series. 1. Donovan’s response to the pandemic has been among the worst of California’s 35 prisons. It’s tied for the third-most COVID-19 deaths in the state. Donovan houses about 3,500 people, and almost half the population has high-risk medical conditions. During the height of the prison’s ...