CA Police and Prison News |
Dec. 27, 2004-Jan. 11, 2005 |
Volume 2, Issue 1 |
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Crime News
Oakland's violent crime fell last year
(Oakland Tribune, 1/11/05)Violent Crime Is Down 14% in L.A.
(Los Angeles Times, 1/1/05)Capital bucks trend: Killings rise
(Sacramento Bee, 1/1/05)Murders down 23% in 2004 (Oakland)
(Oakland Tribune, 1/1/05)Homicide rate plummeting (Oakland)
(San Francisco Chronicle, 12/29/04)
Police News
ACLU suit threatens DNA samples
(Los Angeles Daily News, 1/9/05)Federal anti-gang drive resumes
(Los Angeles Daily News, 12/30/04)
Adult Jail/Prison News
The California Budget: Prisons
(San Francisco Chronicle, 1/11/05)Prison rations water after storms
(Sacramento Bee, 1/9/05)Governor proposes shakeup for prisons
(San Francisco Chronicle, 1/8/05)Jail Food Can Be a Hard Sell
(Los Angeles Times, 1/8/05)State Plan to Reform Prisons Is Laid Out
(Los Angeles Times, 1/7/05)Prisons plan shifts power to agency chief
(Sacramento Bee, 1/7/05)State corrections reform plan combines youth, adult systems
(San Jose Mercury News, 1/7/05)Transcript of Schwarzenegger's State of the State Address
(Los Angeles Times, 1/6/05)Corrections official claims retaliation
(Sacramento Bee, 1/6/05)Prisons agency predicts overrun
(Sacramento Bee, 1/2/05)
Reentry News
Governor's Plan Calls for Cuts in Social Services for the Poor
(Los Angeles Times, 1/11/05)New year, new laws: One hurdle gone for drug felons
(Sacramento Bee, 12/29/04)
Youth Prison News
Doctor sounds alarm over medicated juvenile inmates
(San Diego Union-Tribune, 1/9/05)Auditors Rebuke Youth Authority
(Los Angeles Times, 1/4/05)Youth Authority fails its mission, inspector says
(San Francisco Chronicle, 1/3/05)CYA wards file sex-abuse suit against guard
(San Jose Mercury News, 1/1/05)Bringing Her Lone Star Power
(Los Angeles Times, 12/27/04)
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