Coalition News

Jail Conditions Reports Released After FAC Joins Press and Community Members to Challenge Sealing

Represented by Public Justice, in July 2023 FAC challenged the sealing of federal court records in Hernandez v. County of Monterey, a class action lawsuit filed in 2013 to address systemic problems at the Monterey County jail. After the Hernandez case was settled in 2015, the court appointed monitors to assess compliance. When the plaintiffs moved to enforce the settlement in 2023, they relied on the monitors’ reports to argue that “persistent noncompliance” with the

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