CALIFORNIA PRISONS
Federal overseer says it's 'premature' for Calif. to gain control of inmate mental health care
Don Thompson, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, California — It's too soon for California to retake control of its prison mental health system, a federal court overseer said Friday in dealing a blow to a proposal made by Gov. Jerry Brown last week.
State prisons not ready to end court oversight, official says
Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign to halt intervention is premature and a distraction, report says.
Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — A court-appointed monitor said Friday that Gov. Jerry Brown's quest to end judicial oversight in state prisons is "not only premature, but a needless distraction" from improving care for mentally ill inmates.
State says crowding report for Valley State Prison was overstated
Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times
California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says that its past reports showing male inmates packed at 350% capacity in Valley State Prison near Chowchilla were in error.
REALIGNMENT
Prison population decreases since A.B. 109
LOCKUP: Local jail populations, however, are on the increase as state realignment takes hold.
Beatriz Valenzuela, Daily Bulletin
The inmate population in the state prison system has reached its lowest level in 17 years, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
SARA KRUZAN CASE: Conviction reduced; parole possible
Richard K. De Atley, Press Enterprise
Sara Kruzan, who has fought her conviction and sentencing for the first-degree murder of her former pimp in Riverside at age 16, has reached an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to her parole from prison, where she has been for nearly 19 years.
CALIFORNIA PAROLE
California parole board OKs Manson follower's release
Linda Deutsch, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- A parole board panel has recommended the release of a former Charles Manson follower imprisoned for 40 years for a double murder Manson engineered, but it's not the last hurdle Bruce Davis will face as he seeks his freedom.
CDCR RELATED
Taft still seeking inmates for CCF
Police chief travels to Sacramento exploring another possibility to reopen facility
Doug Keeler, Taftmidwaydriller.com
It’s been more than a year since Taft's CCF closed, costing four dozen people their jobs and taking hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the city's general fund.
Convicted killer stepmom indicted in boy's death
Associated Press
Attorneys for a South Texas woman convicted three decades ago of killing her boyfriend in California were at a loss Friday to explain her indictment this week on a capital murder charge after her 6-year-old stepson drowned during a beach outing.
OPINION
Penal code needs some rehabilitation
Lompocrecord.com
Gov. Jerry Brown has proclaimed California’s overcrowded prison problem to be resolved. We don’t believe it, and neither should you.
Federal overseer says it's 'premature' for Calif. to gain control of inmate mental health care
Don Thompson, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, California — It's too soon for California to retake control of its prison mental health system, a federal court overseer said Friday in dealing a blow to a proposal made by Gov. Jerry Brown last week.
State prisons not ready to end court oversight, official says
Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign to halt intervention is premature and a distraction, report says.
Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — A court-appointed monitor said Friday that Gov. Jerry Brown's quest to end judicial oversight in state prisons is "not only premature, but a needless distraction" from improving care for mentally ill inmates.
State says crowding report for Valley State Prison was overstated
Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times
California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says that its past reports showing male inmates packed at 350% capacity in Valley State Prison near Chowchilla were in error.
REALIGNMENT
Prison population decreases since A.B. 109
LOCKUP: Local jail populations, however, are on the increase as state realignment takes hold.
Beatriz Valenzuela, Daily Bulletin
The inmate population in the state prison system has reached its lowest level in 17 years, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
SARA KRUZAN CASE: Conviction reduced; parole possible
Richard K. De Atley, Press Enterprise
Sara Kruzan, who has fought her conviction and sentencing for the first-degree murder of her former pimp in Riverside at age 16, has reached an agreement with prosecutors that could lead to her parole from prison, where she has been for nearly 19 years.
CALIFORNIA PAROLE
California parole board OKs Manson follower's release
Linda Deutsch, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- A parole board panel has recommended the release of a former Charles Manson follower imprisoned for 40 years for a double murder Manson engineered, but it's not the last hurdle Bruce Davis will face as he seeks his freedom.
CDCR RELATED
Taft still seeking inmates for CCF
Police chief travels to Sacramento exploring another possibility to reopen facility
Doug Keeler, Taftmidwaydriller.com
It’s been more than a year since Taft's CCF closed, costing four dozen people their jobs and taking hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the city's general fund.
Convicted killer stepmom indicted in boy's death
Associated Press
Attorneys for a South Texas woman convicted three decades ago of killing her boyfriend in California were at a loss Friday to explain her indictment this week on a capital murder charge after her 6-year-old stepson drowned during a beach outing.
OPINION
Penal code needs some rehabilitation
Lompocrecord.com
Gov. Jerry Brown has proclaimed California’s overcrowded prison problem to be resolved. We don’t believe it, and neither should you.