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6 Sep 2017, 10:46 am by Kent Scheidegger
  As bad as Proposition 57 is on its face, CDCR is determined to make it worse. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 10:26 am by Gregory J. Brod
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced on July 11 that inmate Frank Anaya, 22, who worked as a firefighter in San Diego County, passed away from work-related injuries. [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 10:44 am by CJLF Staff
  The four alternative drugs in CDCR's new protocol are all barbiturates, and Texas has demonstrated that the single-drug method with barbiturates is the way to go -- dozens of executions performed without significant incident. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 2:00 pm by CJLF Staff
  To combat the problem, CDCR installed a blocking system called Managed Access in 18 of the 33 state prisons, but it has proven to block and interrupt an average of 150,000 calls and texts of other people in close proximity to the prison, causing concern over its potential to interfere with emergency calls. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 5:36 pm by Kent Scheidegger
The California Department of Corrections today took a significant step toward putting into effect the barbiturate-only execution protocol it announced a year ago, meeting the one-year deadline. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 11:55 am by Edward Smith
On Thursday, September 15, 2016, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) honored those who went above and beyond the call of duty both on the job and while away from their workplace. [read post]
26 Aug 2016, 10:30 am by Michael Rushford
  Responding to these numbers CDCR Secretary Scott Kernan said, "The latest recidivism rate shows that we're helping more inmates learn how to live a law-abiding, productive life. [read post]
27 Jun 2016, 12:16 pm by Marissa Cohen
The effects of the measure, Van Dam says, are simple, fair, and common sense: Expanding the pool of available defense attorneys in an effort to ensure justice for victims and due process for defendants, requiring that defendants sentenced to death are appointed counsel immediately rather than several years later, obligating death row inmates to work and pay restitution, allowing the CDCR to house inmates in less costly housing, and doing away with death row inmates' special privileges,… [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 5:53 am by Joy Waltemath
In hiring corrections officers (CO), California law requires the CDCR to do a background investigation to ensure good moral character. [read post]
27 May 2016, 12:48 pm by CJLF Staff
  According to the CDCR, 347 youth offenders who became eligible for parole hearings as a result of the law have been granted parole. [read post]
17 May 2016, 12:40 pm by CJLF Staff
  The CDCR is taking public comment on its proposed regulations through July 11. [read post]
21 Jan 2016, 10:28 am by William Weinberg
According the California Corrections Department’s own statement: “Offenders who are required to register as a sex offender are more likely to be recommitted to CDCR [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] for a new nonsex crime than for a new sex crime. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"CDCR will be able to capture accurate, real-time data when conducting welfare checks of inmates, Joe Panora, the director of Enterprise Information Services wrote in an Oct. 15 CDCR blog post.The system will allow the department to "increase our efficiency and overall effectiveness providing sound reportable data, while adhering to court mandates and reducing the percentage of inmate suicide attempts," Panora added.Inmates in the ASU must be checked on at least… [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 1:48 pm by CJLF Staff
  Additionally, it would give the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) greater freedom in housing death row inmates and require them to work, with 70 percent of their earnings going to crime victims. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 2:25 pm by CJLF Staff
"  The CDCR answers directly to Governor Jerry Brown. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 2:30 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  The full document is on CDCR's website.On April 26, 2012, three and a half years ago, CDCR informed the California Court of Appeal it had been directed to begin work on alternatives, including a single-drug method. [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 3:24 pm by Arthur F. Coon
County of San Diego (2010) 186 Cal.App.4th 55 [siting agreement between County and CDCR requiring County to identify potential state reentry facility sites was not project approval subject to CEQA]; Parchester Village Neighborhood Council v. [read post]