CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, No. 34]: 23-29 September 2005

Community Safety News
Summer of Fuel Thefts (San Joaquin Co.)
Stockton Record, 25 September 2005

Data Reveal Hard Truths for Islanders; No longer lumped in studies with immigrants from Asia, Samoans see a portrait of a troubled community
Los Angeles Times, 26 September 2005

Reshaping Services for Mentally Ill: New tax funds fuel an L.A. County plan that would expand programs and go beyond treating symptoms to helping rebuild lives
Los Angeles Times, 26 September 2005

Law Enforcement News
LAPD to Train Cameras on High-Crime Area in Watts
Los Angeles Times, 23 September 2005

Lawsuit challenges public strip searches (Oakland)
San Francisco Chronicle, 23 September 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Prison Riots on the Rise - Why not re-classify prisoners as animals so people will care?
American Chronicle, 25 September 2005

Publisher for the Perpetrators; Livermore's Ray Hrdlicka launched a magazine for county jail inmates, but a free-speech dispute has put his business plan in solitary
East Bay Express, 28 September 2005

Chino prison riot leaves two inmates in critical condition
The Orange County Register, 23 September 2005

Repairs needed after CIM riot; Prison officials say understaffing left guards in jeopardy
Inland Daily Bulletin, 29 September 2005

Reentry News
Probation Workers Stage Walkout to Protest Staffing, Compensation
Los Angeles Times, 28 September 2005

Mayor Orders Probe of Skid Row Dumping (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 27 September 2005

New program to help ex-inmates find work (San Diego Co.)
North County Times, 28 September 2005

High court to rule on validity of parolee search
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 September 2005


National & Noteworthy
Crime Rate Remains at 2003 Level, Study Says; Justice Department Statistics at Lowest Mark Since 1973
Washington Post, 26 September 2005

Fear Exceeded Crime's Reality in New Orleans
New York Times, 29 September 2005