CALIFORNIA PRISONS
Legislators Hear New CDCR Solitary Confinement Protocols; Demonstrators Rally for Inmate Rights
Kelly May, News Channel 3
At the capitol Monday; a rally by supporters of prisoners in Security Housing Units, including the S.H.U. at Pelican Bay State Prison, as legislators meet to address the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) new protocols for solitary confinement.
Prison officials tout changes in security unit policies, but inmate advocates aren't convinced
Julie Small, KPCC
Officials with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told a state legislative committee that they've begun moving some inmates held for long stretches in high security housing units back into the general prison population.
Does 22 1/2 hours alone in an 8-by-10 cell every day amount to torture?
Michael Montgomery, California Watch
“I haven’t seen the moon since 1998.”
That's inmate Jeremy Beasley, talking to me while sitting – shackled – in an interview room at Pelican Bay State Prison, California’s highest security lockup.
REALIGNMENT
Counties: Prison shift going OK
Chris Caskey, The Union Democrat
Convicts in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties handed off to the counties under the state’s prison realignment are filling jail beds but offending in relatively low numbers.
OPINION
Viewpoint: Inmate Suits Mean a Steep Bill for Taxpayers
Kimberly Stone, The Recorder
Recently, there was a painful reminder of the impact excessive litigation can have on taxpayers when an AP investigation revealed the state has spent more than $200 million on prison inmate lawsuits over the past 15 years.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
'Three-strikes' offenders get another chance
Since Proposition 36 was passed by California voters in November and reevaluation of third-strike sentences has begun, 27 prisoners from Orange County have been resentenced and two petitions have been denied.
Claudia Koerner, Orange County Register
Three rocks of crack cocaine earned Eugene Tate a sentence of 25 to life.
It was 1998, and Tate had already earned two strikes on his record with convictions for burglary and robbery. He had a drug habit, and he made mistakes. But he couldn't believe that he would now be facing the same sentence as a murderer.
LA Judge Tasked With Reviewing Three-Strikes Law Cases
CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has started the process of reviewing cases of California inmates who are serving time under the three-strikes law.
CALIFORNIA PAROLE
PAAR Center to house recently-released offenders
Denise Madrid, Recorderonline.com
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider striking a $150,000 agreement with the PAAR Center in Porterville to temporarily house offenders recently released from state prison and provide them with a range of inpatient services.
California: Paroled sex offenders disarming tracking devices, avoiding jail
Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times
Thousands of California’s paroled child molesters, rapists and other high-risk sex offenders are removing their GPS trackers and receiving very little consequences.
For more articles on this subject:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-ff-sex-offender-gps-numbers-20130221,0,3212354.story
http://www.10news.com/news/team-10-troubleshooter-investigates-criminals-who-cut-off-gps-monitoring-devices-022613
http://www.redding.com/news/2013/feb/26/editorial-sex-offenders-who-cut-monitors-belong/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/25/california-sex-offenders-removing-tracking-devices/1947205/
Legislators Hear New CDCR Solitary Confinement Protocols; Demonstrators Rally for Inmate Rights
Kelly May, News Channel 3
At the capitol Monday; a rally by supporters of prisoners in Security Housing Units, including the S.H.U. at Pelican Bay State Prison, as legislators meet to address the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) new protocols for solitary confinement.
Prison officials tout changes in security unit policies, but inmate advocates aren't convinced
Julie Small, KPCC
Officials with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told a state legislative committee that they've begun moving some inmates held for long stretches in high security housing units back into the general prison population.
Does 22 1/2 hours alone in an 8-by-10 cell every day amount to torture?
Michael Montgomery, California Watch
“I haven’t seen the moon since 1998.”
That's inmate Jeremy Beasley, talking to me while sitting – shackled – in an interview room at Pelican Bay State Prison, California’s highest security lockup.
REALIGNMENT
Counties: Prison shift going OK
Chris Caskey, The Union Democrat
Convicts in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties handed off to the counties under the state’s prison realignment are filling jail beds but offending in relatively low numbers.
OPINION
Viewpoint: Inmate Suits Mean a Steep Bill for Taxpayers
Kimberly Stone, The Recorder
Recently, there was a painful reminder of the impact excessive litigation can have on taxpayers when an AP investigation revealed the state has spent more than $200 million on prison inmate lawsuits over the past 15 years.
CALIFORNIA INMATES
'Three-strikes' offenders get another chance
Since Proposition 36 was passed by California voters in November and reevaluation of third-strike sentences has begun, 27 prisoners from Orange County have been resentenced and two petitions have been denied.
Claudia Koerner, Orange County Register
Three rocks of crack cocaine earned Eugene Tate a sentence of 25 to life.
It was 1998, and Tate had already earned two strikes on his record with convictions for burglary and robbery. He had a drug habit, and he made mistakes. But he couldn't believe that he would now be facing the same sentence as a murderer.
LA Judge Tasked With Reviewing Three-Strikes Law Cases
CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has started the process of reviewing cases of California inmates who are serving time under the three-strikes law.
CALIFORNIA PAROLE
PAAR Center to house recently-released offenders
Denise Madrid, Recorderonline.com
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider striking a $150,000 agreement with the PAAR Center in Porterville to temporarily house offenders recently released from state prison and provide them with a range of inpatient services.
California: Paroled sex offenders disarming tracking devices, avoiding jail
Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times
Thousands of California’s paroled child molesters, rapists and other high-risk sex offenders are removing their GPS trackers and receiving very little consequences.
For more articles on this subject:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-ff-sex-offender-gps-numbers-20130221,0,3212354.story
http://www.10news.com/news/team-10-troubleshooter-investigates-criminals-who-cut-off-gps-monitoring-devices-022613
http://www.redding.com/news/2013/feb/26/editorial-sex-offenders-who-cut-monitors-belong/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/25/california-sex-offenders-removing-tracking-devices/1947205/