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LOS ANGELES – Viridiana has been in agony these past few months, wondering if at any moment she might lose her job, her health insurance, maybe even be deported. A DACA recipient, Viridiana (who asked that we only use her middle name) has waited a year-and-a-half for her status...

Joe Garcia CalMatters About a month after I earned my parole and was released from High Desert State Prison in 2024, my buddy Kai Bannon called me from San Quentin through the institutional phone portal. My eyes welled with emotion at being on the other side of these monitored...