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5 Jul 2007, 8:19 am
From a high of 9,926 in 1995, the state youth prison population has steadily declined, largely as a result of a 1996 law that made counties pay the state more for housing less-serious offenders. [read post]
20 Jun 2007, 5:38 am
SOURCE: CRIME & JUSTICE NEWS (JUNE 20, 2007)
"Seeking to free up space for inmate rehabilitation, a California panel reviewing prison school and job- training programs will recommend that California stop re-incarcerating some low-risk parole violators, reports the Sacramento Bee. [read post]
3 Jun 2007, 5:06 am
The Sacramento Bee has these two new pieces that both make an effective pitch for California to create a sentencing commission to help deal with all its sentencing and prison woes: Claire Cooper's op-ed here is entitled, "Serving up justice: Wrestling with a bulging prison population, California should learn from other states about sentencing reform. [read post]
29 May 2007, 2:22 am
Sacramento associates will get $145,000 to start. [read post]
22 May 2007, 10:13 am
[JURIST] The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District [official website] has ruled that the state may continue to transfer prisoners out-of-state [JURIST report] while litigation proceeds over the challenged program to deal with California's prison overcrowding [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
16 May 2007, 9:21 am
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14 May 2007, 9:18 pm
CA DOC chief apologizes re death chamber secrecy Article Link : [www.marinij.com] Article : Prisons chief apologizes for death chamber debacle Edwin Garcia Article Launched: 05/09/2007 12:17:26 AM PDT SACRAMENTO - A contrite James Tilton, head of the California prison system, apologized Tuesday for lawmakers being kept in the dark about construction of a new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison. [read post]
13 May 2007, 12:45 am
May 13, 2007CaliforniaBattle over death chamberGovernor plans to release a plan this week to get the project back on track.By Andy Furillo, The Sacramento BeeIt started out as kind of a remodeling project, where corrections officialswould convert 2,800 square feet of a San Quentin State Prison visiting roominto a state-of-the-art execution chamber.The initial $400,000 cost was minimal, almost microscopic by statestandards. [read post]
9 May 2007, 4:47 am
"Early inmate releases from California prisons might lower recidivism rates and cause crime to go down. [read post]
1 May 2007, 6:42 am
"The state attorney general is very upset about her actions, saying these are very serious crimes and deserve prison time," Hanlon said. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 11:11 pm
The new paper looked at the executions of 40 prisoners in North Carolina since 1984 and about a dozen in California, plus incomplete information from Florida and Virginia.... [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 9:31 pm
Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) scheduled a hearing for April 25 in Sacramento. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 1:14 am
The judge also ordered Lair to pay $307,103 in restitution and said his computer use will be monitored when he leaves prison. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 12:55 pm
(AP) SACRAMENTO Gov. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 3:33 pm
California Senators Gloria Romero and Don Perata make their case for SB 110, a bill to create to create California's first sentencing commission, in this Sacramento Bee op-ed piece. [read post]
6 Apr 2007, 3:42 am
[JURIST] California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger [official website; JURIST news archive] Thursday filed a stay order [case summary] in California's 3rd District Court of Appeal [official backgrounder] to block a ruling unfavorable to his plan to transfer excess prisoners to out-of-state facilities [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 6:51 am
Jackson (unpublished) In 1998, a Sacramento California d.a. argued for a sentence of 1723 years to life in a sex offense case. [read post]
15 Mar 2007, 4:27 am
As detailed in this Sacramento Bee article, proposals to create a sentencing commission in California are moving forward, but still face considerable political obstacles:Democrats in the state Senate filled in the blanks Wednesday on their version of a sentencing commission by proposing a panel with the power to set prison terms that could be amended only by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 4:20 am
And this fascinating news report from California spotlights reasons why dysfunctional state politics may lead some state actors to urge federal intervention and control: Gov. [read post]
7 Mar 2007, 5:34 am
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