CALIFORNIA PRISONS
Chowchilla prison finishes move to all-male facility
Merced Sun-Star
CHOWCHILLA -- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said Wednesday that the last female inmate had been moved out of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, formerly known as Valley State Prison for Women.
Chowchilla prison shifts from women to men
Marc Benjamin - The Fresno Bee
Valley State Prison in Chowchilla is now officially a men's prison, the state Department of Corrections reported Wednesday.
CALIFORNIA PAROLE
Parolees Honored For Turning Their Lives Around
Antonio Harvey, Sacobserver.com
SACRAMENTO – Many parolees struggle to find success because the transition from prison life to life beyond prison is challenging. However, those parolees who find success deserve special recognition.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
Court tosses man's conviction in father's 2010 killing
Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee
The scene in his Citrus Heights home in the early hours of July 22, 2010, was all too familiar to Curtis Lee Atkinson III. His father was drunk and belligerent and disturbing others.
Man sentenced to prison for 2012 carjacking, robbery
Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee
A man convicted of carjacking and robbery has been sentenced to 35 years and eight months in prison.
CDCR RELATED
New justices good fit for Napa County’s approach
Napa Valley Register
Calling the decades-old effort to alleviate overcrowding in California prisons “complete,” Gov. Jerry Brown last week looked to avoid further federal demands on the state’s justice system.
Anticipating inmate surge, county considers regional approach to housing them.
Sara Rubin, Monterey County Weekly
When Sheriff Scott Miller went on a field trip in December to tour a shuttered juvenile correctional facility near Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, he was mostly struck by how big the place was, especially considering the Monterey County Jail is regularly filled to capacity.
OPINION
A Cold Case of Cold-Blooded Murder
Sheila Weller, New York Times
ON a hot July day in 1977, one of New York’s ugliest summers, my 23-year-old cousin, Ellen Hover, left her Third Avenue apartment. She had an appointment with a young photographer who had asked to take pictures of her. His name, he’d told her, was John Berger.
Chowchilla prison finishes move to all-male facility
Merced Sun-Star
CHOWCHILLA -- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said Wednesday that the last female inmate had been moved out of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, formerly known as Valley State Prison for Women.
Chowchilla prison shifts from women to men
Marc Benjamin - The Fresno Bee
Valley State Prison in Chowchilla is now officially a men's prison, the state Department of Corrections reported Wednesday.
CALIFORNIA PAROLE
Parolees Honored For Turning Their Lives Around
Antonio Harvey, Sacobserver.com
SACRAMENTO – Many parolees struggle to find success because the transition from prison life to life beyond prison is challenging. However, those parolees who find success deserve special recognition.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
Court tosses man's conviction in father's 2010 killing
Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee
The scene in his Citrus Heights home in the early hours of July 22, 2010, was all too familiar to Curtis Lee Atkinson III. His father was drunk and belligerent and disturbing others.
Man sentenced to prison for 2012 carjacking, robbery
Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee
A man convicted of carjacking and robbery has been sentenced to 35 years and eight months in prison.
CDCR RELATED
New justices good fit for Napa County’s approach
Napa Valley Register
Calling the decades-old effort to alleviate overcrowding in California prisons “complete,” Gov. Jerry Brown last week looked to avoid further federal demands on the state’s justice system.
Anticipating inmate surge, county considers regional approach to housing them.
Sara Rubin, Monterey County Weekly
When Sheriff Scott Miller went on a field trip in December to tour a shuttered juvenile correctional facility near Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, he was mostly struck by how big the place was, especially considering the Monterey County Jail is regularly filled to capacity.
OPINION
A Cold Case of Cold-Blooded Murder
Sheila Weller, New York Times
ON a hot July day in 1977, one of New York’s ugliest summers, my 23-year-old cousin, Ellen Hover, left her Third Avenue apartment. She had an appointment with a young photographer who had asked to take pictures of her. His name, he’d told her, was John Berger.