CDCR NEWS
Agents take leading role in rehabilitation of parolees
Dana Simas, Public Information Officer
As inmates transition to life outside prison walls, many struggle during the readjustment. In CDCR’s Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) Sacramento South-Florin parole office, several parole agents have taken a leading role in helping some of those former inmates break down the barriers to success.
CALIFORNIA PRISONS
Officials insist inmates' needs are being met at Central California Women's Facility
Joshua Emerson Smith, Merced Sun Star
CHOWCHILLA -- As concerns over housing conditions at the Central California Women's Facility outside town draw protest, officials on Monday continued to deny claims that the prison is too packed.
CIM not the main candidates for expansion, say state prison official
Canan Tasci, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The anger of local mayors over the belief that capacity at the California Institution for men at Chino would be expanded appears to be a bit premature.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
Calif. inmate sentenced to death for 2003 wildfire
Judge agrees with jury that five heart-attack deaths during massive arson blaze were murder.
Michael Winter, USA Today
Following a jury's recommendation, a California judge Monday sentenced a prison rapist to death for starting a massive 2003 wildfire that caused five fatal heart attacks, which jurors decided was murder.
Many more '3rd strikes' in some counties
Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
When California voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the state's tough "three strikes and you're out" law in November, 150 inmates in Santa Clara County who had faced the prospect of dying of old age behind bars suddenly found themselves eligible for reduced sentences and freedom.
Agents take leading role in rehabilitation of parolees
Dana Simas, Public Information Officer
As inmates transition to life outside prison walls, many struggle during the readjustment. In CDCR’s Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) Sacramento South-Florin parole office, several parole agents have taken a leading role in helping some of those former inmates break down the barriers to success.
CALIFORNIA PRISONS
Officials insist inmates' needs are being met at Central California Women's Facility
Joshua Emerson Smith, Merced Sun Star
CHOWCHILLA -- As concerns over housing conditions at the Central California Women's Facility outside town draw protest, officials on Monday continued to deny claims that the prison is too packed.
CIM not the main candidates for expansion, say state prison official
Canan Tasci, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The anger of local mayors over the belief that capacity at the California Institution for men at Chino would be expanded appears to be a bit premature.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
Calif. inmate sentenced to death for 2003 wildfire
Judge agrees with jury that five heart-attack deaths during massive arson blaze were murder.
Michael Winter, USA Today
Following a jury's recommendation, a California judge Monday sentenced a prison rapist to death for starting a massive 2003 wildfire that caused five fatal heart attacks, which jurors decided was murder.
Many more '3rd strikes' in some counties
Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
When California voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the state's tough "three strikes and you're out" law in November, 150 inmates in Santa Clara County who had faced the prospect of dying of old age behind bars suddenly found themselves eligible for reduced sentences and freedom.