CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, No. 33]: 16-22 September 2005

Community Safety News
From Promise to Practice: Mental Health Models that Work for Children and Youth
Fight Crime, Invest in Kids, September 2005
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Law Enforcement News
Law enforcement survey backs mental health services
San Jose Mercury News, 21 September 2005

Survey of California Law Enforcement Leadership on Mental
Health Services
Fight Crime, Invest in Kids California, September 2005
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Sentencing News
3 could face banishment by fledgling Viejas court (Viejas Reservation)
San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 September 2005

Murderers who kill whites more likely to be condemned
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 21 September 2005

Report: The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing for California Homicides, 1990-99
Pierce, G.L., & Radelet, M.L. (2005). Sta. Clara Law Review, 46, (forthcoming).
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Youth Detention & Prison News
New Name, Same Pain: Another Young Person Dies Behind Bars in California (N.A. Chaderjian)
Pacific News Service, 20 September 2005

Plan to alter youth ranches is getting mixed reviews (Sta. Clara Co.)
San Jose Mercury News, 18 September 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Easing the Hard Time: Seeking a haven from gang life, thousands of California inmates are choosing to live on 'sensitive-needs' yards
Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2005

Riverside County Sheriff Presses for Jail
Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2005

Auditor critical of prison officials; Report finds waste as facilities shut, reopened under private contracts
Sacramento Bee, 17 September 2005

Rehabilitating prison (CA Institution for Men)
Riverside Pree-Enterprise, 18 September 2005

Immigration Check at Inland Jail Is OKd (San Bernardino Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 21 September 2005

Detainees at Lancaster Jail Protest Slow Immigration Hearings
Los Angeles Times, 21 September 2005

Caught in a loop of madness: The mentally ill endure long waits in jail before being transferred to a psychiatric hospital (San Mateo Co.)
San Mateo County Times, 22 September 2005


Reentry News
Nájera assails parole change (Sacramento)
Sacramento Bee, 20 September 2005

Sex offender initiative seeks support
Stockton Record, 19 September 2005


National & Noteworthy
Editorial: We must keep a closer watch on parolees
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 19 September 2005

Children pay price, too, when parents go wrong
Honolulu Advertiser, 22 September 2005