Symptoms of system in shambles - AB 109 Editorial
There was a lot of skepticism last year when Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109 into law. As it turns out, it looks like the skeptics had it right. AB 109 triggered the governor’s realignment...
View ArticleGov appoints wardens at Mule Creek, CMF, Wasco, others
APPOINTMENTS By Governor. Contact: 916 445 4571. Senate confirmation not required. As chief of the contract beds unit, CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Dalinda Harman, 48, Sacramento,...
View ArticleCalFire crews have training in preparation
A unit purchased with a Department of Homeland Security grant about four months ago will be stationed with the Shasta-Trinity Unit in the Redding area, Capt. Kyle Johnson said. "We're pretty excited...
View ArticleMedia Access in Prisons: LA Times Editorial
Until 1996, members of the news media could conduct one-on-one interviews with inmates in California prisons, giving the public a deeper understanding of what went on behind the barbed wire. This did...
View ArticleCalifornia voters support reduced drug possession penalties, survey says
Backers of a measure that would reduce possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine from a felony to a misdemeanor released a survey Wednesday that indicated up to 70% of likely...
View ArticleOrange County Grapples With Wave of State Parolees (AB 109)
An array of Orange County probation and police officials on Tuesday updated the Orange County Supervisors on the implementation of Gov. Jerry Brown’s unprecedented transfer of nearly 1,500 low-level...
View ArticleCouple named ‘persons of interest’ in 2011 Pasadena slaying
Police have named a parolee and his girlfriend as 'persons of interest' in the shooting death of a 43-year-old Altadena man in late 2011 as they await trial on unrelated drug charges, officials said....
View ArticleAccused robber chased down by victims
A wanted parolee got more than he bargained for when he grabbed a chain saw from the back of a pickup truck and ended up being chased down by the rightful owner, Hanford police said. It started around...
View ArticlePolice reportedly find stolen credit cards, stolen weapon during arrest of...
Brandon Scott Wisuri, 29, and Robert Ray Guillory, a 27-year-old parolee-at-large, were both arrested Tuesday afternoon at a home in the 300 block of West Alameda Street by street crimes unit...
View ArticlePolice find four firearms inside East Oakland house
A report of people seen walking into an East Oakland house with guns Tuesday afternoon led to the arrest of a parolee and the recovery of four firearms, police said. A caller told police about 12:50...
View ArticleMedia access to inmates legislation
A 15-year-old law, signed by former Governor Pete Wilson, restricts the press’s access to California’s prison inmate population. According to an editorial in the Los Angeles Times, it’s time that law...
View ArticleState Sued In Second (Private) Prison Inmate Murder Case
The family of another Hawaii prison inmate murdered in his Mainland prison cell has sued the state and private prison operator Corrections Corporation of America. Clifford Medina, 23, was strangled in...
View ArticleRiot turns attention to private prisons
Now that order has been restored at the Adams County Correctional Center after weekend rioting saw one prison guard killed and 16 other prison personnel and three inmates injured, perhaps it's time to...
View ArticleCJCJ advocates for closure of DJJ
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Escalating state budget deficits were revealed in California Governor Brown’s state 2012-13 May Revised Budget released May 14. This requires shared sacrifice...
View ArticleCA State Payroll Cuts Questioned
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to cut state worker pay by 5 percent to help close California’s $16-billion budget gap. To get the expected $800 million in savings, ($400 million to the general fund) the...
View ArticlePresident’s Message and New CCPOA Weekly Update for May 25, 2012
ATTENTION MEMBERS: Please visit our Members Only website at http://membersonly.ccpoa.org to view a brand new CCPOA President's Message and the NEW CCPOA Weekly Update for May 25, 2012. Not registered...
View ArticleCorcoran Prison on lockdown following Monday riot
Authorities are investigating an 80-inmate riot that broke out at California State Prison Corcoran on Monday night. The violence erupted at 8:21 p.m. on the facility’s level one yard for minimum...
View ArticleUndue Influence: the power of Police and Prison Guards’ Unions -...
Police officers and prison guards hold tremendous political sway. Their unions support or opposition can make or break a campaign for office. And their advocacy for better pay, more power, and more...
View ArticlePrivate Prisons Cost Arizona $3.5 Million More Per Year Than State-Run Prisons
Private prisons, touted as a cost-efficient alternative to state-run penitentiaries, are not living up to their promises in at least one state. A new study of Arizona’s private prisons finds that the...
View ArticleCalifornia and Texas Invest in Cell Phone Blocking Technology
California and Texas may be considered opposites on the political spectrum, but the two states do have the same philosophy when it comes to cell phones in state prisons. California got the ball...
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