CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 2, Issue 30: 26 August - 1 September 2005

This week's feature article
Youth prison guards reinstated after videotaped beating of wards
San Francisco Chronicle (AP), 30 August 2005

Community Safety News
State's war on pot getting more violent (San Benito Co.)
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 August 2005

Open Forum: Do surveillance cameras make the city safer? (San Francisco)
PRO: They can transform 'high crime' neighborhoods
CON: They push crime elsewhere and spy on the rest of us
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 August 2005

Mental health providers give their two cents on $25 million windfall
North County Times, 30 August 2005

Color Bind: San Jose's gang landscape is changing, with an influx of Sureños threatening Norteño dominance and leading to an upsurge in violence at gang borders around the city
Metro Silicon Valley, August 31-September 6, 2005

Law Enforcement News
July 2005 Report from the Attorney General's Task Force on
Local Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence:
Keeping the Promise - Victim Safety and Batterer Accountability
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LAPD May Relax Its Hiring Rules
Los Angeles Times, 29 August 2005

Sentencing News
Jury instructions made simple; Panel to vote today on 700 newly worded judge's directives
San Francisco Chronicle, 26 August 2005

Adult Jail & Prison News
Drug suspect freed as staff shortage overwhelms jail (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 27 August 2005

The Sound of Silence
American Chronicle, 29 August 2005

Reentry News
Lawyers reach out as parolee mentors (San Diego Co.)
San Diego Union Tribune, 29 August 2005

Setting a high bar: Dale McKinney, once serving life in prison, prepares to practice law. How did he do it?
Sacramento Bee, 28 August 2005

State, local officials back tougher laws on sexual predators
San Jose Mercury News, 29 August 2005

Parole office locations open for input (San Mateo Co.)
San Mateo County Times, 1 September 2005