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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 ...
Why the VA is stopping doctors from sending veterans to
WEBNov 1, 2021 — When Maroney died, the hospital quickly signed off on more sessions. That lasted about five months. Starting in March 2020, the VA stopped paying for veterans to get ketamine therapy, even though the hospital’s psychiatrists had requested additional treatments. For Wolfe, the VA’s decision was tantamount to betrayal.
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 ...
Hundreds missed out on rent relief when landlords didn’t
WEBMar 30, 2021 — Public records obtained by inewsource show 1,268 eligible households were denied assistance from the county’s rent relief program because their landlords either refused to participate or missed deadlines. The city’s program, overseen by the San Diego Housing Commission, had 19 households with landlords who wouldn’t accept payments, an ...
Veterans Village - inewsource
WEBinewsource reporter Jill Castellano spoke with dozens of people who have lived or worked at Veterans Village. Her project has exposed overdoses at the rehab center, widespread drug use, unsafe living conditions, poor food quality and more. Jill Castellano is an investigative data reporter at inewsource. She has worked for The Salt Lake Tribune ...
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 ...
Conflict inside Save Our Heritage Organisation: takeaways from …
WEBNov 21, 2022 — The husband and wife leading Save Our Heritage Organisation, or SOHO, was accused of taking $70,000 worth of the historical antiques to their private mansion in Mississippi for their personal use. SOHO is San Diego’s premier nonprofit committed to historic preservation. The antiques were charitable donations that were sitting in SOHO’s ...