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Wednesday, May 15,2013
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Coalition of Neighborhood Councils is about to be homeless

Southeastern San Diego nonprofit can’t afford its office space

By David Taube

The Coalition of Neighborhood Councils (CNC), an umbrella nonprofit group that advocates for southeastern San Diego’s neighborhoods, will vacate a city-owned building because the organization can no longer afford its bills.

Wednesday, May 15,2013
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No compassion

Stricken with terminal cancer, Robin Reid languishes in county jail

By Kelly Davis

Two weeks ago, on a Monday morning, Robin Reid’s doctor called. The breast cancer she’d been diagnosed with almost six years ago—that had already spread to her bones and liver—had metastasized to her brain.

Wednesday, May 8,2013
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San Diego bike advocates push for safety

Some changes are happening, but they’re happening slowly

By David Taube

Clairemont resident Michael Sullivan can manage getting past dangerous freeway ramps on his bicycle, but he fears for his wife’s safety when she makes similar treks.

Wednesday, May 1,2013
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The gang commission’s data cop

Cornelius Bowser says gang-related crimes are under-reported

By David Taube

Cornelius Bowser was astonished when the San Diego Police Department told the city’s Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention two weeks ago that there’s been only one gang-related murder so far this year.

Wednesday, May 1,2013
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(Un)protective custody

Russell Hartsaw, mentally ill and elderly, was beaten to death after ending up in a jail cell with a guy named 'Evil.' How did that happen?

By Kelly Davis

While his death raises questions about how jails house—and protect—their most vulnerable inmates, the last several months of Russell Hartsaw’s life offer a glimpse at man who was perhaps beyond help but whose myriad problems rendered him virtually ineligible for services.

Wednesday, April 24,2013
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Suicide in the cell

Inmates kill themselves at a high rate after San Diego County Sheriff’s Department refuses to revamp policies

By Kelly Davis, Dave Maass

Ten men and one woman hung themselves in San Diego County jails during the last six years. They used socks or sheets, stringing handmade nooses from sinks, doors and bunks.

Wednesday, April 17,2013
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Bicycles and recidivism reduction

San Diego Reentry Roundtable working on bike program for ex-offenders

By David Taube

Several ex-cons and people who help former prisoners re-enter society tell CityBeat that not having reliable transportation makes it difficult to get to job interviews and workplaces. Enter Steve Shia, who hatched the idea of providing bicycles to released prisoners as a way of helping reduce recidivism.

Wednesday, April 17,2013
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Addiction can be fatal in San Diego County jails

Part three of ‘60 Dead Inmates’ explores substance abuse

By Kelly Davis

Lack of close monitoring is a thread that runs through the jail system's addiction-related deaths.

Wednesday, April 10,2013
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Necessary or intrusive?

Examinations on children taken from parents is questioned on civil-rights grounds

By David Taube

Oceanside attorney Donnie Cox, who sues the county when he believes it has improperly taken a child from a family, says the county's examination protocols are too intrusive.

Wednesday, April 3,2013
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Wheels of force

Part two of our ‘60 Dead Inmates’ series shows how San Diego County deputies killed a schizophrenic inmate and avoided a public investigation

By Dave Maass

Tommy Tucker, a 35-year-old, obese inmate in a psychiatric unit at the San Diego Central Jail and lost his life. His act of defiance: attempting to take a cup of hot water back to his cell while the unit was in lockdown.