CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 2, Issue 27: 5-11 August 2005

Community Safety News
Western Addition deadliest city area (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 5 August 2005


Law Enforcement News
Compton to Crack Down on Gangs, Officials Tell Forum
Los Angeles Times, 5 August 2005

L.A. Officer Who Struck Man Fired
Los Angeles Times, 6 August 2005

Spate of Deaths Prompts Stun Gun Criticism
Los Angeles Times, 7 August 2005


Sentencing News
Worth of drug treatment law debated: 25% diverted from prison under Prop. 36 complete alternative care
Modesto Bee (AP), 9 August 2005

Change in law leads to freedom
Riverside Press-Enterprise, 9 August 2005

Sentence sparks debate on three strikes (Los Angeles Co.)
DailyBreeze.com, 11 August 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Head of Youth Prison Will Be Removed (N.A. Chaderjian YCF)
Los Angeles Times (AP), 5 August 2005

Group says youth prison should close (N.A. Chaderjian YCF)
Stockton Record, 6 August 2005

Students look inside juvenile justice system; ACLU sponsors annual program
San Jose Mercury News, 7 August 2005

'Heavy hitters' deployed to tame youth offenders (N.A. Chaderjian YCF)
Contra Costa Times (AP), 9 August 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
42 injured in fight at San Quentin between white, Latino inmates (San Quentin)
San Francisco Chronicle, 9 August 2005

Lockdown Still Affects Some at San Quentin
Los Angeles Times, 10 August 2005

2nd look at Bush service award; White House panel unaware honoree was on Death Row
San Francisco Chronicle, 6 August 2005

Deputies Harassed Gay Inmates at Jail, ACLU Says (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 6 August 2005

Prison firm gets $20 million contract after making donation
San Francisco Chronicle, 6 August 2005

Prison system criticized over rate of suicides
San Diego Union Tribune (AP), 7 August 2005

Frustration Over Prison Job Program: Judge demands that state corrections officials explain why they have failed to collect millions from employers who underpaid inmates
Los Angeles Times, 7 August 2005

From liabilities to assets - State inmates help battle wildfires
North County Times (San Diego & Riverside Cos.), 7 August 2005


Reentry News
Paroled gangsters find they can't return home
USA Today, 9 August 2005

The Last Stand of Eddie Zheng
East Bay Express, 10 August 2005

Push for sex offender registry peaks in valley
The Palm Springs Desert Sun, 7 August 2005