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9 Dec 2011, 8:50 am by CJLF Staff
  CDCR to Convert Women's Prison to House Low-Level Male Inmates: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced today its decision to convert the Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) in Chowchilla to a facility that will house low- to medium-security adult male inmates. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 9:41 am by Steve Hall
The state had hired me as the warden of Georgia Diagnostic in 1971, where I renovated a special cell block for especially violent offenders. [read post]
17 Sep 2011, 4:07 am
& Health Servs.Court: U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Docket: 10-35590 September 9, 2011 Judge: Fogel Areas of Law: Government & Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law The Secretary of Labor filed a complaint against the State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), alleging that DSHS failed to pay overtime compensation to certain social workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 12:36 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
And who knows, maybe doing so would reduce violence and improve chances for rehabilitation, to boot. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 1:03 pm by Michael O'Hear
  Much of the new legislation is designed to encourage and reward inmates for participating in prison-based programming, which seems to reflect a renewed confidence in the capacity of offenders to achieve rehabilitation under the guidance of corrections officials. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by Michael M. O'Hear
Much of the new legislation is designed to encourage and reward inmates for participating in prison-based programming, which seems to reflect a renewed confidence in the capacity of offenders to achieve rehabilitation under the guidance of corrections officials. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 11:26 am by Michael O'Hear
Alabama 2008: established new program permitting early release of certain older inmates with serious medical conditions[1] Arkansas 2003: authorized early release of nonviolent offenders to reduce prison overcrowding[2] 2005: authorized transfer of inmates to community-based transitional housing up to one year before parole eligibility[3] California 2009: expanded earned-time opportunities; permitted parole to be granted without a hearing in some cases[4] 2010: authorized… [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 5:51 pm by SOIssues
They also suspected that the 36-year-old convicted sex offender was in violation of the Georgia Sex Offender Registration law. [read post]
Why not give these prisoners access to educational programs in order to prepare them for re-entry into society, thereby decreasing the chances that they offend in the future? [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 8:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Justice Department and author of a book on state pardons, said Georgia is near the top of a group of 17 states that grant a substantial number of pardons each year. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 1:07 pm by James R. Marsh
In June, 2000 the two embarked on a plan which would eventually close the publicly operated sites for juvenile offenders sentenced in Judge Ciavarella’s court, to send them to facilities which were privately owned and operated by Robert J. [read post]
1 May 2010, 8:10 pm by ZMan!
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles found that each time an offender moves, the likelihood that they will reoffend increases 25%.[1] Just this month; Matthew Cate, Secretary of California's Board of Corrections and Rehabilitation, reported that more than 2100 sex-offender parolee/probationers are transient and another 900 are "at large". [read post]
21 Mar 2010, 12:50 pm by Howard Friedman
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 2010 U.S. [read post]
27 Dec 2009, 10:12 am by Gideon
[Update: This NYT editorial makes the case for smart reforms, pointing to a slew of legislation pending in NJ to make the prison system more rehabilitation centric. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 3:54 pm
About 300 Georgia inmates are serving time for failing to register as sex offenders, according to the state Department of Corrections. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 7:13 am
States with known local ordinances include California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 12:19 am
Watkins pushed for the hearing after the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections' approved a placement plan that had _____ living with his brother _____ in Warren. _____ received a 45-year prison sentence in Georgia and was recently released. _____ has served 23 years of a 7-to-25-year sentence handed down July 30, 1986, after he pleaded guilty to three counts of rape involving two girls and a boy. [read post]
15 Aug 2009, 5:01 am
One Justice Department release says that 5.3 percent of male sex offenders were rearrested within three years after their release from state prison. [read post]