CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 2, Issue 32: 9/9/05 to 9/15/05

New Orleans: Community Safety & Justice in the Wake of Disaster
Justice System Faces a Deluge of Challenges (New Orleans)
Los Angeles Times, 11 September 2005

New Orleans police under pressure
BBC News, World Edition, 12 September 2005


Community Safety News
Passage of rural crime bill good news for Kern
Bakersfield Californian, 10 September 2005

Youth Voices: Black flight is no answer to city's woes (Richmond)
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 September 2005


Sentencing News
Marjie Lundstrom: New law seeks to separate drunken drivers from their vehicles
Sacramento Bee, 10 September 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Program offers juveniles a second chance (San Joaquin Co.)
Stockton Record, 9 September 2005

Editorial: Next step is to shut down brutish juvenile prison (N.A. Chaderjian)
San Jose Mercury News, 12 September 2005

Open Forum: Richmond focuses on youth to end violence
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 September 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Many L.A. County Jail Inmates Still Held Too Long
Los Angeles Times, 9 September 2005

Conflict eyed in private prison deal, as population soars again
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 13 September 2005
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Reentry News
Keeping tabs on sex offenders a constant job for task force (San Diego)
San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 September 2005

Placer is tracking its sex offenders
Sacramento Bee, 12 September 2005

California's system for parolees called ineffective revolving door
San Francisco Chronicle, 10 September 2005