California Police & Prison News, Volume 2, Issue 24: 15-21 July 2005

This week's feature article
Paul Street: Race, Place, and the Perils of Prisonomics
Z Magazine Special Report, Vol. 18, No. 7/8, July-August 2005


Community Safety News
Ganging Up on Communities: Putting Gang Crime in Context
Justice Policy Institute, 15 July 2005
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Taking Their Streets Back (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2005

Trigger Lock law helps cut gang-related killings in half (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2005

Sideshow laws now in effect (Oakland)
Sacramento Bee (AP), 20 July 2005


Police News
Weekend death revives Taser dispute: Critics say police overuse stun guns, which may be more lethal than advertised (Santa Rosa)
San Franisco Chronicle, 19 July 2005


Sentencing News
Just Cause or Just Because: Prosecution and Plea-Bargaining Resulting in Prison Sentences on Low-Level Drug Charges in California and Arizona
RAND Drug Policy Research Center, July 2005
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Adult Jail & Prison News
Conditions cited in guards' stabbing
Monterey Herald, 15 July 2005

Geo may continue California contract (McFarland CCF)
South Florida Business Journal, 19 July 2005

California to fund prison research center at UC Irvine
I-Newswire.com Press Release Center, 19 July 2005

Inmates invest in Salinas libraries' future (San Quentin)
San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2005

Drug courts saving millions in prison costs, report says
Sacramento Bee (AP), 20 July 2005

Mattier & Ross: Inmate on Death Row suspected of taking lethal injection of heroin (San Quentin)
San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2005

Prison land could be up for grabs
Inland Daily Bulletin, 21 July 2005


Reentry News
State hospital for sexual predators set to open in fall
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 16 July 2005

From Prison to a Paradise for ATMs
Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2005

Editorial: Cutting College Aid, and Fostering Crime
New York Times, 20 July 2005

Parole process improving, inspector general says
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 21 July 2005