Newsom Orders Release of 8,000 Inmates from State Prisons

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🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Governor Newsom announced Friday that the state will release 8,000 people incarcerated in the state's prison system, including 700 in high-risk prisons like San Quentin and Folsom. The move came as Bay Area lawmakers and activists called on Governor Newsom to step in to reduce the prison population at San Quentin, where there have been more than 1300 cases of coronavirus and at least seven COVID-related deaths. We’ll get the latest on the situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.2	Coming up next on forum, more than 8,000 inmates could be released from state prisons ahead of schedule. It's under a plan announced Friday by
1:33.9	Governor Gavin Newsom's office. The move comes amid a worsening outbreak at San Quentin. Then President
1:40.1	Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and political advisor, Roger Stone,
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