2 Class Complaints Seek Releases, Other Measures In Jails During Pandemic

(May 21, 2020, 1:55 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Two class complaints were filed May 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking orders for two California prisons to decarcerate people more susceptible to the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, and to provide additional safety measures for those who remain behind bars (Yonnedil Carror Torres, et al. v. Louis Milusnic, et al., No. 20-4450, Lance Aaron Wilson, et al. v. Felicia L. Ponce, et al., No. 20-4451, C.D. Calif.)....