As state and local officials continue to stress the importance of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak, lawyers across California are joining forces to get their at-risk clients out of ICE detention centers, including the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Facility in Bakersfield. Sofia Bahena Ortuno, 64 years old, is one …
Read More »People Detained At Bakersfield Detention Center Go On Hunger Strike Over COVID-19 Concerns
Over one hundred people detained at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield are on an indefinite hunger strike, according to Susan Beaty, a fellow with Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland. Those detained are demanding access to masks, soap and other protective items. The strike started at …
Read More »Valley Edition – June 26, 2018 – Tulare Mayor Ousting, Detention Centers, “Life After Manzanar”
Today on Valley Edition, we hear about how a disagreement on Facebook led to the ousting of the Tulare City mayor. We also talk to locals who visited the border and describe what they observed while protesting at detention centers, even after the president changed his family separation policy. Later …
Read More »Does detention work? Merced County school deals with misbehaving students another way
Farmdale Elementary School officials said their new alternative to detention provides a better way for misbehaving students to deal with stress in their lives. Instead of waiting at the principal’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »Does detention work? Merced County school deals with misbehaving students another way
Farmdale Elementary School officials said their new alternative to detention provides a better way for misbehaving students to deal with stress in their lives. Instead of waiting at the principal’s … Click to Continue »
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