CA Police and Prison News Volume 2, Issue 21: 24 June to 30 June 2005

Crime News
Bill would boot out foreigners in gangs
Los Angeles Daily News, 29 June 2005

Richmond homicides continue to mount
Contra Costa Times, 28 June 2005

Editorial: To Catch a Thief
New York Times, 28 June 2005

Baca calls city's gang violence 'barbarism' (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Daily News, 26 June 2005


Police News
Police unions take Oakland's side in lawsuit
Contra Costa Times, 28 June 2005


Youth Prison News
For the Kid's Sake: the way out of a troubled system
San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2005

Parents push for public juvenile trials (Marin County)
Marin Independent Journal, 27 June 2005

Hated youth prison draws activists' ire
San Jose Mercury News, 26 June 2005


Adult Jail/Prison News
Prison Smoking Ban Likely to Bring a Pack of Changes
Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2004

A Penny Exposes Jail's Weak Points (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2005

Chino Valley takes CIM fight to capital
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 28 June 2005

Oakland jail union staffers sue to halt closure
Montclarion, 28 June 2005

Information? Not here: Report on prison death answers little (Wasco State Prison)
Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2005

Drug program pulls itself out of crisis (Alternatives to incarceration)
Ventura Star, 27 June 2005

Free to work: Convicts lend hand fighting blazes (Riverside County)
Riverside Press-Enterprise, 27 June 2005

Federal efforts fail to contain prison gang (Salinas)
Monterey Herald, 26 June 2005

Agencies counsel on rights, responsibilities regarding child-support payments (San Quentin)
Fairfield Daily Republic, 24 June 2005

Dying on our dime: California's prisons are teeming with older inmates who run up staggering medical costs
Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2005

The price of punishment (Photo essay)
Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2005

Prison Officials Dispute Halt in Sweeps
Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2005


Reentry News
Freed from prison, wrongly convicted man must now prove his innocence
Sacramento Bee (AP), 29 June 2005

Sparks fly over parole office move (San Mateo County)
San Mateo County Times, 25 June 2005

A Senseless Rule in Los Angeles
New York Times, 25 June 2005

Rehabilitated addict fights to be allowed to teach
San Jose Mercury News, 25 June 2005


The Jefferson Award: Olivia Wang, prisoners' rights advocate
San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2005