CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 3, No. 2

This Week's Featured Articles
Prison program offers hope (San Quentin)
Contra Costa Times, 18 February 2006

Perspective: San Quentin inmates 'purge' past, aid others
Contra Costa Times, 19 February 2006


The Debate over the Death Penalty
Anesthesiologist to Monitor Execution
Los Angeles Times, 16 February 2006

Federal judge OKs state plan for execution
San Francisco Chronicle, 17 February 2006

Fewer are sent to death; Experts divided on reasons why capital sentences have declined since 2000
Sacramento Bee, 18 February 2006

Perspectives on ultimate penalty
Orange County Register, 19 February 2006

California execution delayed after doctors walk out
Reuters News Service, 21 February 2006

State Halts Execution to Review Procedure
Los Angeles Times, 22 February 2006

State Postpones Morales Execution; Doctors' ethical dilemma: 'This is a job for an executioner, not a physician'
San Francisco Chronicle, 22 February 2006

State Will Help Shape Fate of Lethal Injection
Los Angeles Times, 23 Februrary 2006

Lethal-injection method on trial across the U.S.
San Francisco Chronicle, 23 February 2006

'No humane way to execute,' nun says
Oakland Tribune, 24 February 2006

Ethics vs. Execution
Sonoma Press Democrat, 24 February 2006

Vengeance is Mom's: Meet Dianne Clements, the soccer mom who has done as much as anyone to ensure that Texas' killing chamber remains the nation's busiest
Mother Jones, March/April 2006


Community Safety News
A Child's Death Reveals a System's Tragic Flaw (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 13 February 2006

2 new surveys pinpoint woes among Bay Area Pacific Islanders (San Francisco & Oakland)
San Francisco Chronicle, 16 February 2006

Legislation Aims to Fight Drugs, Homelessness (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 18 February 2006

L.A. Boosts help for homeless
Sacramento Bee, 21 February 2006

S.F. gun ban finds support is scarce
Sacramento Bee, 22 February 2006

Law Enforcement News
Meetings on LAPD Disclosure Are Set
Los Angeles Times, 11 February 2006

'Blue wall of silence' perceived in police force; Many believe officers cover up for one another (San Bernardino Co.)
Inland Daily Bulletin, 13 February 2006

Police union president takes Newsom to task; Chronicle series on force prompted mayor's comments (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 February 2006

The Use of Force: Tracking makes police accountable, panel told (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Februrary 2006

Bratton OK With Police Panel Secrecy (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 17 February 2006

Complaints Up, Discipline Down at LAPD, Study Says
Los Angeles Times, 21 February 2006

LAPD Has No Curbs on Officers' Working as PIs
Los Angeles Times, 19 February 2006

Bratton Defends Discipline (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 22 February 2006

Anger over police treatment of teen; He was handcuffed, pal pepper-sprayed as they left church (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 23 February 2006


Sentencing News
Groups Want To Make Crack Sentencing Sensible
Afro-American Newspapers (Pacific News Service), 22 February 2006


Adult Jail & Prison News
Spread of Jail Violence Feared (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 11 February 2006

Plan Puts Female Inmates in Centers by Their Families
Los Angeles Times, 11 February 2006

Mixing Patients, Inmates a Risk, Report Says; Grand jury says placing ailing jail prisoners in general-population wards at County-USC hospital is a 'disaster waiting to happen.'
Los Angeles Times, 11 February 2006

Dorms Fuel Jail Unrest (Pitchess Detention Center)
Los Angeles Times, 12 February 2006

The Use of Force: Mayor demands accountability; cites need for 'political will' to set up computer tracking system (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 12 February 2006

Inmate Dies After Fight at Men's Central Jail (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times 13 February 2006

Critics of Jails Voice Alarm (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 14 February 2006

Outsider to run prison health care; Federal judge gives extraordinary powers to receiver
San Francisco Chronicle, 15 February 2006

Violence Shifts From Street to Jails; Crackdowns have put many gang members behind bars and led to relative calm outside (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 16 February 2006

Sheriff Seeks Charges for 21 Inmates; Baca will present cases involving riots at county jails to the D.A. (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 17 February 2006

Jail Inmates Were Stripped to Deter Riots (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 18 February 2006

Too many felons in county's jails (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Daily News (AP), 18 February 2006

Commentary: ‘People of Color’ are All One? Latino Inmates in L.A. Don’t Think So
Pacific News Service, 21 February 2006

Cycle of Jail Woes Generates Few Fixes (Los Angeles County)
Los Angeles Times, 21 February 2006

Outspoken, Abrupt but Effective: Colleagues say that Bob Sillen, named to fix the state's prison medical system, can get job done
Los Angeles Times, 21 February 2006

County Jail May Evict Its State Inmates (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 22 February 2006

Reentry News
Capitol targets sex offenders; Research shows that other states have strict guidelines to monitor and treat violent predators
Sacramento Bee, 16 February 2006

Special report: On the outside; Efforts to monitor freed violent sex offenders are spotty - except for the few who complete the state's treatment program
Sacramento Bee, 13 February 2006

Núñez: Get tougher on sex offenders
Sacramento Bee, 15 February 2006

A Bid to Toughen Stance on Sex Offenses
Los Angeles Times, 19 February 2006