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A huge step to ending the crime of cash bail

Tim Redmond - March 25, 2021

State Supreme Court rules that poor people can't be kept behind bars just because they don't have the money to get out.

News + Politics

‘Free Malik’ protest calls for end to private prisons

Garrett Leahy - March 8, 2021

Activists want Bay View editor released -- and the Geo Group out of California.

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New documentary exposes COVID crisis at private SF prison

Tim Redmond - February 16, 2021

Adachi Project film shows the inside story of virus outbreaks -- and the Geo Group's failure to contain them.

COVID

Editor sues over gag rule at private prison in Tenderloin

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2021

Keith Malik Washington, who runs the SF Bay View, was punished for telling a reporter about a COVID outbreak at a halfway house operated by the Geo Group.

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Chron rejects comments critical of Boudin editorial

Tim Redmond - January 13, 2021

Comments supporting the DA don't seem to violate the paper's standards; why were they blocked?

News + Politics

Jamaica Hampton allies call for mercy

Garrett Leahy - January 12, 2021

Should a man shot and permanently disabled by cops also be facing criminal charges?

News + Politics

A terrible crime leads to terrible politics and reporting

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2021

The real story behind the release from jail of a drug addict who went on to kill two in a hit-and-run.

News + Politics

New leadership at Police Commission

Tim Redmond - January 3, 2021

After vice president who refused to put key reform items on the agenda abruptly quits, there's an opportunity for change.

News + Politics

DA Boudin: ‘We don’t see jail or prison as the only or basic response to crime’

Tim Redmond - December 27, 2020

An exclusive interview with the district attorney after a year in what has been an immensely challenging job.

Elections

GOP-linked big money attacks progressive candidates and taxes in SF

Tim Redmond - October 10, 2020

Millions in PAC money from the 1 percent -- and big Mitch McConnell backer -- floods into San Francisco for last-minute hit pieces.

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A huge step to ending the crime of cash bail

‘Free Malik’ protest calls for end to private prisons

New documentary exposes COVID crisis at private SF prison

Editor sues over gag rule at private prison in Tenderloin

Chron rejects comments critical of Boudin editorial

Jamaica Hampton allies call for mercy

A terrible crime leads to terrible politics and reporting

New leadership at Police Commission

DA Boudin: ‘We don’t see jail or prison as the only or basic response to crime’

GOP-linked big money attacks progressive candidates and taxes in SF

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