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29 Aug 2018, 2:57 pm by Kent Scheidegger
California's bail bond industry wasted no time launching a referendum challenge to the new bail bill reported in Kym's post earlier today, the Sacramento Bee reports.Under Article II § 9 of the California Constitution, opponents of the bill have 90 days to gather signatures equal to 5% of the vote in the last gubernatorial election, about 366,000.In the battles over the earlier initiatives to reduce a swath of felonies to misdemeanors (Prop. 47) and to give the… [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 9:44 am
Since 1978, when California reinstated capital punishment, 43 have died of natural causes, five more of "other causes," 16 by suicide -- and 14 have been executed, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 8:37 am
Their resumption isn't expected in the near future, not because of opposition but because of legal and financial obstacles the state has yet to overcome.Tuesday's hearing by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation concluded a two-month period for public comment that drew more than 5,000 written opinions, which will be considered before the protocols are adopted, said department spokesman Seth Unger.Two court cases still… [read post]
27 Jul 2009, 3:49 am
Cut the corrections budget total by $1.2 billion overall and put off decisions where to cut until lawmakers leave town.Nobody without a crystal ball can know exactly how those $1.2 billion in cuts will be realized, but a glimpse at current official thinking may be had by reading a column on California's Flash Report by the Secretary of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Matthew Cate. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 5:59 pm by carie
Death row inmate's lawsuit alleges that California corrections officials rushed through the reform process, and that the procedure they sent forward is likely to cause pain.By Carol J. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 6:32 am by Howard Friedman
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 2014 U.S. [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 9:01 am by Steve Hall
The lawsuit filed by Mitchell Sims, 50, alleges that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation rushed through revisions of the lethal injection procedures and deliberately sought to shut the public out of the process. [read post]
29 Nov 2006, 4:18 am
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation "conducts its executions in an outdated, cramped gas chamber with an undersized and dark anteroom," from which prison staff are supposed to assure proper administration of a three-drug protocol, the brief says. [read post]
24 Jan 2009, 11:08 pm
How much these national priorities will be reflected in California in the wake of the failed Prop 5? [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 7:48 am by Steve Hall
What's more, it has notified prison authorities in all 36 states that use lethal injection that it opposes the use of its drugs in executions.California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation authorities call the issue a tempest in a teapot. [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 5:15 am
. Corrections departments have become the largest public employers in many states; a few spend more on corrections than on higher education. [read post]
1 Nov 2007, 8:37 am
The state will appeal Taylor's decision, said James Tilton, secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Jessica Lusamba
On the other hand, a reduction of approximately 6,500 inmates is expected over the next few weeks thanks to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Secretary Ralph Diaz’ decision to accelerate the release of inmates who have less than 60 days remaining on their sentence, are not serving time for a violent felony or domestic violence, and are not required to register as a sex offender. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 8:34 am by Steve Hall
" Under the text of the bill, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would be required to develop and implement a one-drug lethal injection of an appropriate anesthetic. [read post]
7 May 2024, 11:24 am by Yosi Yahoudai
  In the latest recedivism report published by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the recedivism rate for people in fiscal year 2018-19 was 41.9%. [read post]
30 Aug 2023, 3:28 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
ACLU, Aug. 29, 2023 "The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) systematically, and illegally, discriminates against immigrants, refugees, and anyone who prison officials suspect is born outside of the United States, a major Public Records Act investigation released today by civil rights groups reveals. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 8:08 am by Steve Hall
In their research for "Executing the Will of the Voters: A Roadmap to Mend or End the California Legislature's Multi-Billion-Dollar Death Penalty Debacle," Alarcon and Mitchell obtained California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation records that were unavailable to others who have sought to calculate a cost-benefit analysis of capital punishment. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 1:50 pm
Its prison population nearly tripled between 1986 and 2006, and its 70 percent recidivism is the nation's highest, according to state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation data. [read post]