of corrections is avenue to come up with. and frankly, it puts the lives of thousands, tens of thousands of very vulnerable people at resk, and we've heard that the departmentections is putting this in place as a way to stem the spread of potential pandemic within the correctional facilities around the state. but this is the worst possible plan that they could come up with. we already know that louisiana state penitentiary also known as angola has been one of the deadliest prisons in the country. thousands of people languish there in incredibly squalor conditions. there will be cases the aclu has brought for the way the department of corrections have the lack of mental health treatment, squalid conditions. this is unacceptable. the outcry has to start now. if they were thinking of putting this plan in place, this needs to be completely averted. >> and the population in louisiana is quite large. in 2019 there were 15,000, just over 15,000 people incarcerated in state facilities. another 15,538 until local facilities. in contract facilities, another thousand people. louisiana having a very large population. who -- the challenge is for the average, you know, m

this is a speculative plan, a dangerous plan that the department of corrections is attempting to come up with, frankly it puts the lives of thousands of -- tens of thousands of very vulnerable people at risk. we've heard that the department of corrections is putting this in place to stop the spread. this is the worst possible plan they could come up with. we already know that louisiana state penitentiary has been one of the deadliest prisons in the country. thousands of people languished there in incredibly squalid conditions. there have been conditions the aclu has gotten for the way they treat people, the squalid conditions. and this is something that is unacceptable. and the outcry has to start now, if they were thinking of putting this plan in place, this needs to be completely averted. >> the incarceration in louisiana is quite large. there were 15,000 people incarcerated in state facilities. louisiana has a very large incarcerated population. who -- the challenge is, for the average members of the public to understand what this -- why this matters to them. why they should care a

. >> so it means that because the sheriff's kind of nefit from the department of corrections paymt, the conditions in tho parish jails have traditionally been really terrible. >> reporter: jimmy leblanc, a former warden, is louisiana's secretary of corrections. he says $25 a day is simply not enough to provide anything beyond the bare minimum. >> at $25 a day, you basically asn, i call it lock-and-feed. lock and feed isally they have the funding to be able to clothe them, be able to provide food for them, be able to, to house them and provide security. when somebody comes into our evstem, they're in a grade of somewhere around the seventh grade. that's the average grade level ed obviously they have failed in ouation system, in so then we get 'em and we expect to create miracles and we cerininly not to do it at $25 a day. >> reporter: in 2017, governor john bell edwards, a democrat, worked with the republican controlled legislature to pass a major criminal justice reform package. through targeted releases, greater access to parole and probation, and investmt in alternatives to incarcerat

department of transportation. another worked for the department of corrections. have the last update, we had a 22% increase in tests. the totals are shown on the dashboard to my left, you're right. we have a 14% increase in positive cases over the last one hours. hours -- 24 the total increase in cases is 485. deathslly, we have 185 now. we have expanded the information available to the public about covid-19 on the department of health's website. addition to the parish breakdown of positive cases and deaths, you can access additional information on that website as well. 59 of our 64 parishes now have confirmed positive tests for covid-19. while there is a slight positive , we stillur numbers see that according to our modeling and the new entry of where we are able to watch what's happening, under any feasible scenario, we are going to exceed our medical capacity here in the state of louisiana and in region one first. that's the new orleans-jefferson parish area. we believe based on the most recent numbers that came in couple,at we bought a three days in region on

county jail, san francisco juvenile justice system out of home placements, the california department of corrections and rehabilitation facilities, and the united states federal bureau of prison facilities. so currently -- excuse me. so there are seven members of the reentry council who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal justice department heads and members of the mayor's office. so this would allow one of the formerly incarcerated members to chair the meeting. jose bernal, a formerly incarcerated member, and the other six members, proposed that one of the members be allowed to chair the meetings, and it was supported by the other members. the council decided since they were seeking an amendment to the officer clause, that they should also focus on cleaning up the other language in the ordinance. this is in line with supervisor fewer's resolution to adopt person-first language, which was adopted unanimously by

the system that we were trying to address in the first place officials for the california department of corrections and rehabilitation said the department continues to develop measures to prevent the spread of covid 19 including deep cleaning and verbal screening of anyone entering facilities officials say executives and staff are working with infectious disease control experts to prepare for scenario with the coronavirus could significantly affect operations. >>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>after weeks of speculation today, the olympics were officially postponed to next year the 2020 games were set to take place this summer in tokyo. the decision comes on the heels of mounting pressure australia and canada, both said they would not be sending athletes to the games if they took place this july, several nations including the us had called for the games to be postponed until 2021. the move is unprecedented the olympics have never been rescheduled in peace time. they were canceled during world war one. and 2. and here in the bay area the us crew team has been preparing for tokyo 2020. no

the new york city department of correction said monday i it was suspending in-person visits starting this s week. in new york city and other locations around the country, st. patrick's day celebrations have been canceled or postponed. it's the first time the event has been called off in new york city in over 250 years. other major annual events, including the kentucky derby, have also been called off. major league baseball became the latest sporting orgaganization o suspend its season after recent . amazon said monday it would hire an additional 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers to handle a surge in online shopping. a government official said monday the first clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine had begun. it could take from one year up to 18 months to fully validate any potential vaccine. the white house said more coronavirus drive-through and walk-through t test locations wl open this week. this comes as german biotech firm curevac has denied reports trump attempted to get exclusive rights to a coronavirus vaccine it is developing. reports emerged over the weekend that trum

. >>> the state department of correction says the coronavirus has affected members of its staff. an employee at san quentin state prison has tested positive along with the staff member at the state prison in sacramento. they say no prisoners have tested positive. the department says if inmates are exposed, those considered at risk will be quarantined. 26 inmates were released from the semper cisco county jail today in an effort to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. they had less than 60 days left in their sentence, 13 of them were moved into supportive housing and behavioral health programs. the rest had housing available. the sheriff says there are no known cases of coronavirus and san francisco jails and the release will allow for more space for the remaining population. >>> scammers are taking advantage of fear surrounding the coronavirus. has crime reporter henry lee tells us, authorities are warning people to be on alert for scan scam emails and price gouging. >> reporter: with every disaster there are scams, it's no difference with the coronavirus pandemic. >> we are s

that it takes to even without any litigation is about conditions we can take the alabama department of corrections case as an example that's a 6 year lift. you know organizers and have attorneys 6 years to even get it to a point to where they can bring alabama department corrections to the table in mississippi. question when he let the health department last week the reason is the health department is can the before. but since that time they refused to allow those brothers access to to the necessary beings and we want people out of there ultimately we want them to immediately reinstate parole for those who have the ability to have access to the roe we want them to mediately release those who have been healed all not in the fences on drug offenses to de coster rate this system also billy and i'll be honest with you to goal is to abolish this system started over you know what i mean like reboot because we've never had a say in this process rather this is that it nobody had a say in this process but this process has always come down on us is very defensive . we demand that whatever changes come in a

people and who are the right people to release and under what conditions meantime the city's department of correction has reopened a shuttered facility on rikers island to separate inmates showing symptoms of the coronavirus from the rest of the jail population this one new jersey officials are also preparing to release a 1000 inmates chief justice stuart ratner signing an order to release inmates jailed for probation violation. or low level crimes a.c.l.u. new jersey executive director of things said in a statement unprecedented times call for rethinking the normal way of doing things and in this case it means releasing people who pose a little risk to their communities for the sake of public health and the dignity of people who are incarcerated while the other states have yet to take sweeping action to reduce its jail population in response to the coronavirus president trump is considering an executive order to free older nonviolent offenders from a federal prison reporting in new york trinity chavez r t. elsewhere around the world u.s. marines and iraqi forces began a major joint military exercise

individual erik karlsson and attorney michael ago are spearheading a petition for the california department of corrections and rehabilitation is parole board to deny parolee angelo papa joe was convicted back in 19 76 when the murder of erik karlsson's older brother frank ross we are asking all the citizens of california. >>the stand with us. and help us. they get the message across to the parole board. this is a really bad idea. the crime up in april 24th 1974 inside what was then the carlson's home and care to street in san francisco for trail hill district it was really scary steve said is was 13 years old at the time to live a short distance from the cross and he remembers the brutal nature of the incident shocked the neighborhood the house was that it's had bacon for at least 10 years if not longer that i know of. >>and nobody would. i'm going to it or anything as young kids in the neighborhood we called it the hunted house because of what had happened. >>the memory of losing his older brother's such an unthinkable way has hunted erik karlsson for the last 46 years. i can't this crime. how important

. >> our department of corrections, we are taking measures as is every other agency and part of the imitation of the equipment is hurting us across so we have so many dvds, we need them or correctional officers, healthcare workers, police officers and we need them for all one people doing the testing and there's got to be some kind of reauthorization as you get them first. our first responders so it's just further exacerbates the issue. there's a problem of needing more of these things protect everybody involved. >>. >> at this point our orders, we believe are more encompassing than perhaps more effective. it's all semantics. some people, some states have said there's a shelter in place order but we're going to leave all these businesses open so we're going to tell you to stay in your house you can still do all of these things. we said we want youto stay in your house but we're going to close allthese things . and it's a little bit , you're comparing apples to oranges. i think our actions are more aggressive in some states who have ordered shelter in place it's not as, we don't think it's as

hogan: our department of corrections and public safety are taking measures as is other agency with the limitation of equipment hurting us all across. we need ppe's for correctional officers, health-care workers, police officers. we need them for all the front-line people, the people doing testing. there will be prioritization for who gets them first. they all need them. it further exacerbates the issue. the problem of needing more of these things. what's that? >> [indiscernible] gov. hogan: at this point, our orders, we believe, are more encompassing and perhaps more effective -- it is all semantics. some states have said there is a shelter-in-place order, but we will leave all these businesses open. we will tell you you need to stay in your house but you can still do all of these things. we have set we want you to stay in your house but we will close all these things. you are comparing apples to oranges. i think our actions are actually more aggressive than some states have ordered shelter-in-place, but it is not as -- we don't think it is as draconian to lock people in their homes, b

i will work with secretary leblanc at the department of corrections on any recommendations he has. i know he is taking a look at individuals who are in prison for nonviolent offenses who are nearing the completion of their sentence and trying to see what additional flexibility he might want. or what actions he might want me to take. i don't have anything beyond that right now. the locations for drive-through testing, there seems to be less demand at some of them. initially, they were running out of tests within two are three hours of opening. now that two new orleans sites are merging into one site. i wonder, what does that indicate? does that mean testing gotten to the people who need it the most? should we look at a change of who we are testing and how we are testing? gov. edwards: the doctor will address testing. in every state, we want more testing, not less. we need to have a better idea of the percentage of our people who have covid-19, and where they are across the state of louisiana. that requires more testing, not less. in new orleans they decided to consolidate two testing

. >> listen, every governor of every state should tell the department of correction to take action touce the prison population safely. the reason is simple. all of the stuffs in terms of social distancing, you cannot do in a princip-- in a prison. things like hand sanitizer, that is contraband. that has alcohol in it. you can't have that. sometimes you don't have soap. you have to pay a co-pay sometimes to see a doctor. so these -- all of these conditions can turn the jails and the prisons in the united states into super accelerators for this virus. so not only do you have people in there spreading around, spreading around, buts also have a big problem which is the guards come in, the staff comes in. all of the people come in and out of a prison and then they go back to their community. so people say why should you care about people behind bars? well they're human beings. nobody was sentenced to die without a respirator in prison for whatever their crime was and more importantly and just as importantly, prisons are part of the community and safer prisons means safer communities. we ca

. >> i come home from work and my husband says you have a letter from department of corrections and i went, okay, it's one of two things. he died. or paroled. i opened it up, and he's still alive. >> so, option number two. his parole hearing at the prison was coming up, which meant that bill bradford, a convicted killer who once allegedly threatened to murder the d.a. and his family, could soon be back on the street. >>> coming up -- >> i made a promise to myself that i would speak for my mom. i went to the parole. >> a decision -- >> i was stunned. >> -- but is it final? >> this is a very bright man. he has resources. he has motivation. >> when will he stop being dangerous to you? >> when he's dead. >> when "dateline" continues. ♪ protect your pet with the #1 name in flea and tick protection. frontline plus. trusted by vets for nearly 20 years. home fragrances with exotic pairings. frontline plus. warm vanilla and himalayan magnolia tropical pineapple and tunisian rosemary and it's responsibly sourced. new botanica by air wick. now at target. you have power over pain, so the whole wo

what i can tell you we on the doc side department of corrections side, we had an incident at bridgewater state hospital. there's some debate about whether people were up front with respect to their physical status. as a result, we have a number of cases there. they have been isolated in the facility. we do not have any cases inside the rest of the doc system. we have several guards, correctional officers who tested positive. they are isolated and quarantining at home. we've had conversations with the folks in the county correctional system about this. i think we all feel that this is not -- unless there's instances where a medical parole that can go some place that make sense or parole that has lined up a place to go in the community with support services. this is a very difficult time to be putting people into the community. unless you really believe that's going to be better for them and better for the community. i think our view is we don't buy as a matter of law fact or policy, that the argument that's being made before the court is the correct one. we believe the correct position is

quarantined center ises being prepped to contain the spread of this hotel and the department of correctionssite. >> i'm very confident that's a safe facility. it's geographically remote. >> also the now blanket advice for everyone. >> we think people should give serious consideration about whether they go to nonessential congregations of people. >> reporter: amazon telling employees to work from home through the end of this month. in new york state the case count doubled overnight from 11 to 22. >> each of the new cases are connected to the attorney from westchester. two are in new york city. and one is on long island. >> nevada and tennessee reporting their first cases. >> the patient is is an adult male in middle tennessee with a recent history of out of state travel. >> monday morning there were 89 known cases. now we're at 205-in-1 states. that number even close to accurate? >> i think we're seeing the tip of the iceberg with the people who are sick and soming forward. until we define the bottom of that iceberg, we really can't say. >> reporter: yesterday a california man died. he took

of murd murder. however, the lawsuit states the correctional officers ruled the sexual encounter was consensual. three collectioncorrections officers covering it up. the practice of putting transgender males and female prisons. the illinois departments tells fox news they cannot comment on the matter because of pending litigation. in a statement to fox news, the attorney for the alleged rape victim says "applying a sweeping policy that pretends no transgender inmate could ever harm another is delusional." the lawsuit also indicated before this incident happened, some of the staff at this prison wrote on facebook that they were concerned about what would happen if transgender inmates were transferred to this female prison. tucker? >> tucker: yeah, what could go wrong? i guess we just found out. matt finn, great to see you. well, eyebrows rose across the country yesterday after senate minority leader chuck schumer delivered wild sounding threats to supreme court justices kavanaugh and gorsuch. now majority leader mitch mcconnell is weighing in to our own shannon bream in an exclusive interview. she joins us now with a preview of what he told her. that interview will be airing on a special midnight addition of her show tonight. hey, s

the state department of corrections says a staffer at san quentin has tested positive for the virus along the state prison in sacramento. no prisoners have tested positive. the department says finn mates are exposed, those considered at risk will be quarantined. >>> residents at an assisted living home are being isolated in their rooms after five residents tested positive for the coronavirus. leaders are now concerned about the community's safety. >> reporter: at the assisted living center, only staff members are allowed to go in and out. residents aren't leaving their rooms, even for meals after at least five tested positive for covid-19. a sixth person is awaiting test results. the county health department won't disclose their ages but say all six people are hospitalize. we watched a few staff members leave the building after the overnight shift. they walked out in regular clothes and shoes, wearing surgical masks. one worker told us she was going to take the bus home. a spokesperson explained that atria is a private entity. he said the county health department cannot speculate that the

new york calls for quicker action after civilian investigator with the city department of corrections. and 2 at rikers island were also infected. the head doctor at rikers is about to be alarmed tweeting that a coronavirus storm is coming at -- donald road, we cannot change the fundamental -- dozens of elderly men -- think of a cruise ship -- it's one of the largest correctional facilities in the world. in a given day. employing about -- corrections officer asked for -- >> bill: nothing like this at the federal level so far. is that correct? >> not yet. today they asked the prisoner to consider allowing folks with a low risk of reoffending to be released. and the aclu also implored the president to commute sentences that would have ended in two years or less. we are beginning to see this happening in settings and towns. one county in colorado announced inmates who meet early release requirements and served more than 50% of their sentence will be released. >> bill: we mention this a moment ago, the new york city state department with a new travel warning to americans amid the pandemic.

erik karlsson and attorney michael ago blia are spearheading a petition for the california department of corrections and rehabilitation is parole board to deny parolee angelo papa joe was convicted back in 19 76 when the murder of erik karlsson's older brother frank ross we are asking all the citizens of california. >>please stand with us. and help us. they get the message across to the parole board. this is a really bad idea. the crime up in april 24th 1974 inside what was then the carlson's home on here to street in san francisco for trail hill district it was really scary steve said is was 13 years old at the time to live a short distance from the cross and he remembers the brutal nature of the incident shocked the neighborhood the house was that it sat vacant for at least 10 years if not longer that i know of. >>and nobody would. into it or anything as young kids in the neighborhood we called it the hunted house because of what it happen. >>the memory of losing his older brother's such an unthinkable way has hunted erik karlsson for the last 46 years. i can't this how important he was to me for

erik karlsson and attorney michael gove lea are spearheading a petition for the california department of corrections and rehabilitation is parole board to deny parolee angelo papa joe was committed back in 19 76 when the murder of erik karlsson's older brother frank rosswe are asking all the citizens of california. >>please stand with us. and help us. they get the message across to the parole board. this is a really bad idea. the crime up in april 24th 1974 inside what was then the carlson's home and appeared to street in san francisco for trail hill district it was really scary steve said is was 13 years old at the time and lived a short distance from the crosses he remembers the brutal nature of the incident shocked the neighborhood the house was and that it had taken for at least 10 years if not longer that i know of. >>and nobody would. into it or anything as young kids in the neighborhood we called it the hunted house because of what it >>the memory of losing his older brother's such an unthinkable way has hunted erik karlsson for the last 46 years. i can't this how important he was to me for t

that could be a really complicated procedural thing for departments of corrections from different states to do. but he has a constitutional right to appear in his own defense. and, statistics show that somebody defending their case from inside a correctional facility is more likely to be convicted than somebody who is defending their case while out free on bail or bond on whatever the case may be. harvey weinstein has only uphill battles ahead of him. >> joined also now by cynthia msnbc analyst and former federal prosecut prosecutor, and, cynthia, a reminder here that harvey weinstein's defense attorneys have asked for five years. they wrote a letter and said in part he deserves mercy for his already historic fall from grace and health issues. it would seem the judge in this case didn't buy that at all. >> no, didn't buy that at all. i would like to say one thing about consecutive sentences. as a former sex crimes prosecutor, as well. that's important to victims. each victim essentially has some years attached to the crime that was committed against her. so, very often in a sex crimes ca

erik karlsson and attorney michael ago blia are spearheading a petition for the california department of corrections rehabilitation is parole board to deny parolee angelo papa joe was convicted back in 19 76 when the murder of erik karlsson's older brother frank ross we are asking all the citizens of california. >>please stand with us. and help us. they get the message across to the parole board. this is a really the crime up in april 24th 1974 inside what was then the carlson's home and care to street in san francisco for trail hill district it was really scary steve said is was 13 years old at the time to live a short distance from the cross and he remembers the brutal nature of the incident shocked the neighborhood the house was that it had taken for at least 10 years if not longer that i know of. >>and nobody would. i'm going to it or anything as young kids in the neighborhood we called it the haunted house because of what had happened. >>the memory of losing his older brother's such an unthinkable way has hunted erik karlsson for the last 46 years. i can't this crime, how important he was to me

county jail, san francisco juvenile justice system out of home placements, the california department of corrections and rehabilitation facilities, and the united states federal bureau of prison facilities. so currently -- excuse me. so there are seven members of the reentry council who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal justice department heads and members of the mayor's office. so this would allow one of the formerly incarcerated members to chair the meeting. jose bernal, a formerly incarcerated member, and the other six members, proposed that one of the members be allowed to chair the meetings, and it was supported by the other members. the council decided since they were seeking an amendment to the officer clause, that they should also focus on cleaning up the other language in the ordinance. this is in line with supervisor fewer's resolution to adopt person-first language, which was adopted unanimously by

the department of corrections says 167 inmates and 114 staff members have now tested positive. y new jersey, eight residents of the lakeland nursing home have died. others are now infected. >> it's a constant ache. >> reporter: sue o'brien is a new york physical therapist with two young girls. she's not been able to visit her husband ted who has been isolated and on a ventilator since he was hospitalized less than two weeks ago. >> so i'm living moment to moment, wondering if i'm going to get a phone call that they can't save him. >> reporter: this operation is going to be staffed by about 60 to 70 doctors and nurses. they'll begin taking patients as early as today. meanwhile, across the country in southern california, another 1,000-bed u.s. naval ship hospital, the "mercy" is taking its first patients to free up space in l.a.-area hospitals that have seen around 2,500 coronavirus cases. anthony? >> mola lenghi in central park, thanks, molea. >>> well over half of americans are being told not to go out to slow the spread of the coronavirus. stay at home orders or directives are

county jail, san francisco juvenile justice system out of home placements, the california department of corrections and rehabilitation facilities, and the united states federal bureau of prison facilities. so currently -- excuse me. so there are seven members of the reentry council who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal justice department heads and members of the mayor's office. so this would allow one of the formerly incarcerated members to chair the meeting. jose bernal, a formerly incarcerated member, and the other six members, proposed that one of the members be allowed to chair the meetings, and it was supported by the other members. the council decided since they were seeking an amendment to the officer clause, that they should also focus on cleaning up the other language in the ordinance. this is in line with supervisor fewer's resolution to adopt person-first language, which was adopted unanimously by

from here, harvey weinstein will be taken to riker's island in new york, until the new york department of correctionse he will receive a medical evaluation. remember remember he had back surgery and just received a stent in his heart. they'll decide whether he serves his time in a medical wing in isolation or population. he faces another trial in los angeles, two charges that could end up with 28 years there. he would be taken to l.a. and kept in a jail during that trial. regardless of whether or not he would be acquitted or convicted in los angeles, he would ultimately come back here to new york and serve out this sentence first. remember, this all started back in october 2017, and really cke. since then, more than 90 women have come forward and accused harvey weinstein of sexual assault, harassment and rape. today sun doubtedly an incredibly emotional day. as one of the women who testified in the trial said today, harvey weinstein's prison sentence can never is just a start. >> jessica mann, the victim in the rape charge that harvey weinstein was convicted of said rape is forever but also said "tod

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. >> the colorado head of the department of corrections was shot here at his front door -- >> reportere man's name was tom clements, the highly-regarded head of colorado's prison system. and like mark hasse, a public servant. >> with more than 20,000 inmates in colorado's prison system, tom clements may have had a lot of enemies. >> reporter: it was another bold attack, this time inside the front door instead of outside the courthouse. evidence pointed to a former inmate named evan ebel. he was a member of a white supremacist gang in colorado similar to the aryan brotherhood. now, he was on the run from colorado authorities, armed and dangerous. two days after the murder, a sheriff's deputy in texas would find out just how dangerous a violent attack caught on dashboard camera. the deputy stopped this car because the license plate didn't match the vehicle. he had no idea the driver was evan ebel. as you're about to see, ebel had no hesitation about using his gun again. the unsuspecting deputy, shot in the face, would survive. ebel was quickly chased down by law enforcement, and died in

prisisoners at t the yakima couy department o of corrections s in washington state have been quarantined after developing respiratory problems. meanwhile, hospitals around the united states are already reporting shortages of testing swabs and protective gear to shield medical workers from infection. in washington state, workers at providence st. joseph health purchased vinyl sheets, foam, and industrial tape from home depot and began manufacturing their own face shields and masks after supplies began to dwindle. president trump said he is immediately deploying two navy hospital ships to free up capacity in civilian hospitals, but the pentagon acknowledged wednesday that the comfort and the mercy will take weeks to deploy. they are currently under repair. amid a s severe shortage of test are in the u.s., there growing concerns that ordinary people who fall ill are less likely to be tested than the rich and powerful. on wednesday, the brooklyn nets said it hired a private lab to test its entire team after a game with the golden state warriors last week. four nets players, including superst

county jail, san francisco juvenile justice system out of home placements, the california department of corrections rehabilitation facilities, and the united states federal bureau of prison facilities. so currently -- excuse me. so there are seven members of the reentry council who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal justice department heads and members of the mayor's office. so this would allow one of the formerly incarcerated members to chair the meeting. jose bernal, a formerly incarcerated member, and the other six members, proposed that one of the members be allowed to chair the meetings, and it was supported by the other members. the council decided since they were seeking an amendment to the officer clause, that they should also focus on cleaning up the other language in the ordinance. this is in line with supervisor fewer's resolution to adopt person-first language, which was adopted unanimously by the

county jail, san francisco juvenile justice system out of home placements, the california department of corrections and rehabilitation facilities, and the united states federal bureau of prison facilities. so currently -- excuse me. so there are seven members of the reentry council who are formerly incarcerated persons, but none of them are allowed to serve as an officer of the council who can chair the meetings. currently, all of the officers who are responsible for chairing the reentry meetings are criminal justice department heads and members of the mayor's office. so this would allow one of the formerly incarcerated members to chair the meeting. jose bernal, a formerly incarcerated member, and the other six members, proposed that one of the members be allowed to chair the meetings, and it was supported by the other members. the council decided since they were seeking an amendment to the officer clause, that they should also focus on cleaning up the other language in the ordinance. this is in line with supervisor fewer's resolution to adopt person-first language, which was adopted unanimously by