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因旧金山监狱疫情爆发，各界敦促旧金山恢复零保释！
San Francisco – San Francisco County jail has seen a 40 percent increase in positive COVID-19 cases since June 18, 2020. This surge prompted a broad coalition – including the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Criminal Justice Taskforce (BASF-CJRTF), the Public Defender, the District Attorney, San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, and Jail Health Services – to send a joint letter to the San Francisco Superior Court, urging it “in the strongest possible terms” to restore the zero bail policy in San Francisco to help reduce the jail population during the ongoing pandemic.
旧金山——自2020年6月18日以来，旧金山县监狱COVID-19阳性病例增加了40%。这种激增引发了广泛的联盟,包括旧金山律师协会刑事司法工作组(BASF-CJRTF),公众的后卫,地方检察官,旧金山审前转移项目,和监狱健康服务——将联合信发送到旧金山高级法院,敦促其“最严厉的”恢复零保释政策有助于减少监狱人口在旧金山期间持续的大流行。
The California Judicial Council implemented an emergency bail schedule on April 13 to help reduce jail populations to help guard against the fatal consequences of outbreaks in overcrowded jails. It specified zero dollar bail amounts for people charged with low-level offenses to be quickly released from custody without having to post bail.
4月13日，加州司法委员会实施了一项紧急保释时间表，以帮助减少监狱人口，以防止过度拥挤的监狱爆发致命疾病。法案规定，被控轻度犯罪的人无需缴纳保释金，即可迅速获释，保释金为零。
When the Judicial Council repealed the emergency bail schedule on June 10, it allowed local jurisdictions to continue using it to protect the health of the incarcerated, jail staff, courts and the community. Several major counties have continued using the zero dollar bail schedule, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Fresno.
当司法委员会在6月10日废除紧急保释时间表时，它允许地方司法部门继续使用它来保护被监禁者、监狱工作人员、法院和社区的健康。几个主要的县，包括洛杉矶、萨克拉门托、康特拉科斯塔、阿拉米达、圣地亚哥、圣巴巴拉、圣克拉拉和弗雷斯诺，继续实行零美元保释金制度。
San Francisco Superior Court decided not to continue using the zero dollar bail schedule. This has led to an increased number of people remaining in jail longer, even as new cases of COVID-19 are on the rise. In San Francisco County Jail, 20 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the jail started testing people upon arrival on April 18, with eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 since June 18.
旧金山高等法院决定不再使用零美元保释金。这导致越来越多的人在监狱里待得更久，尽管新冠肺炎病例在增加。在旧金山县监狱，自4月18日开始对犯人进行检测以来，已有20人的COVID-19检测呈阳性，自6月18日以来已有8例确诊病例。
Dr. Lisa Pratt, director of the Department of Public Health Jail Health Services, emphasized the importance of keeping the jail population low in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Social distancing is already challenging in a jail, but San Francisco jails have successfully avoided a major outbreak of COVID by listening to medical experts and keeping the jail population low,” she explained. “The decision to revoke the zero-bail policy fails to prioritize the real public health concerns of a spread of the virus in jail – and puts everyone who lives and works in jail, as well as those who interact with them, at higher risk of the virus.”
监狱卫生服务部门公共卫生部主任Lisa Pratt博士强调了保持监狱人口低水平以防止COVID-19传播的重要性。她解释说:“在监狱里，保持社交距离本来就很困难，但旧金山的监狱通过听取医学专家的意见，并使监狱里的人数保持在较低水平，成功地避免了COVID病毒的大规模爆发。”“撤销零保释政策的决定未能优先考虑病毒在监狱传播的真正公共健康问题，并使每个在监狱生活和工作的人，以及与他们接触的人，面临更高的病毒风险。”
“We are disappointed with the San Francisco courts for moving away from an effective public health policy despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of people released on zero bail did not re-offend, and many were never even charged with a crime.”
“我们对旧金山法院背离有效的公共卫生政策感到失望，尽管事实是，绝大多数被零保释金释放的人没有再次犯罪，许多人甚至从未被指控犯罪。”
“Removing zero bail signals an assumption that our current public health crisis is over, which is clearly not the case,” said San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju. “As the crisis at San Quentin State Prison and in other overcrowded jails and prisons across the country makes abundantly clear, we can’t control the spread of the virus without dramatically reducing the incarcerated population.
旧金山公设辩护律师Mano Raju说:“取消零保释金意味着假设我们目前的公共卫生危机已经结束，但事实显然不是这样。”“圣昆廷州立监狱和全国其他人满为患的监狱的危机充分表明，如果不大幅减少监禁人数，我们就无法控制病毒的传播。
“San Francisco Superior Court’s decision to move away from this policy means that people with low level, non-violent offenses eligible for immediate release just last month are now being booked and held in jail before a judge can review their case. This increases the risk of spreading COVID-19 throughout the jail population and community. San Francisco should follow the lead of other counties throughout the state and act in accordance with the recommendations of public health officials.”
旧金山高等法院决定取消这一政策，这意味着上月刚刚有资格立即获释的低级别非暴力犯罪嫌疑人，现在已经被登记在册，并被关押在监狱里，然后法官才能复审他们的案件。这增加了COVID-19在监狱人群和社区传播的风险。旧金山应该效仿全州其他县的做法，按照公共卫生官员的建议行事。”
“Any additional time spent in custody because of the lack of zero bail increases the risk to individuals in the jail, our staff, community partners and sheriff and court employees,” said David Mauroff, CEO of San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project. “Reinstating zero bail supports our shared public health priorities and reduces jail exposure and the number of people in jail.”
旧金山审前转移项目(San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project)首席执行官戴维•莫罗夫(David Mauroff)表示:“任何因为得不到零保释金而在拘留中多待的时间都会增加监狱人员、我们的工作人员、社区合作伙伴、治安官和法院雇员的风险。”“恢复零保释金支持了我们共享的公共卫生重点，减少了监狱曝光率和在押人数。”
“We are disappointed with the San Francisco courts for moving away from an effective public health policy despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of people released on zero bail did not re-offend, and many were never even charged with a crime,” said District Attorney Boudin. “Our office stopped seeking bail in San Francisco long before this policy went into effect precisely because forcing people to post bail does not protect public safety and merely criminalizes the poor. With the revocation of the zero-bail policy, many people will sit in jail even before seeing a judge – putting them and everyone around them at risk.”
地方检察官布丹说:“我们对旧金山法院放弃有效的公共卫生政策感到失望，尽管事实是，绝大多数被零保释金释放的人没有再次犯罪，许多人甚至从未被指控犯罪。”“早在这项政策生效之前，我们在旧金山的办公室就停止了保释申请，因为强迫人们缴纳保释金并不能保护公共安全，而只是将穷人定为犯罪。随着零保释政策的取消，许多人甚至在见法官之前就会蹲在监狱里，这让他们和周围的人都处于危险之中。”
“Incarceration during the coronavirus pandemic is a racial justice issue, and people of color are facing worse health outcomes and higher risk of death from coronavirus,” said Yolanda Jackson, executive director and general counsel of the Bar Association of San Francisco. “Elimination of zero bail further perpetuates the racial disparities of both pretrial incarceration and the public health crisis and will also take a financial toll on economically vulnerable communities of color.”
旧金山律师协会执行董事兼总法律顾问约兰达·杰克逊说:“冠状病毒大流行期间的监禁是一个种族公正问题，有色人种正面临着更糟糕的健康状况和冠状病毒死亡风险。”“取消零保释进一步加剧了审前监禁和公共健康危机方面的种族差异，也会对经济脆弱的有色社区造成经济损失。”
Valerie Ibarra, public information officer for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, can be reached at Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org.
可以通过Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org与旧金山公共辩护律师办公室的公共信息官员瓦莱丽·伊巴拉(Valerie Ibarra)取得联系。
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