California Police & Prison News, Vol. 3, No. 1
Featured Articles
The price of punishment: California's prisoners are aging and taxpayers are paying for their medical careStockton Record, 29 January 2006
Aging in Prison: Interviews with Women Prisoners and Slideshow of Elderly Prisoners
(Note: In the interview section, you must keep the cursor over the woman's name to hear audio and view images. Click on the small circles in the lower left corner of the womens' pictures to move to the next image.)
Stockton Record, 29 January 2006
Community Safety News
Mark Fitzgerald: It's no time for reefer madnessStockton Record, 1 February 2006
Deadly violence continues; Efforts to clean up San Bernardino streets hindered
San Bernardino Sun, 6 February 2006
Report Targets Child Abuse Policies (Los Angeles County)
Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2006
Report finds big skinhead presence (Riverside County)
Riverside Press-Enterprise, 8 February 2006
San Francisco Chronicle Report on SFPD's Use of Force
The Use of Force: When SFDP Officers Resort to ViolenceA Chronicle Special Report
San Francisco Chronicle, 5-10 February 2006
Other Law Enforcement News
LAPD Chief Overruled on Teen's DeathLos Angeles Times, 1 February 2006
LAPD Pursues High-Tech End to High-Speed Chases
Los Angeles Times, 3 February 2006
Taser called factor in death; Coroner's Finding in 2005 Police Case is a First in Santa Clara History
San Jose Mercury News, 4 February 2006
Police Panel Scraps ID Policy; L.A. commission has quietly stopped naming officers in shootings, but will talk publicly today
Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2006
State law protects officers from disclosure of complaints
San Francisco Chronicle, 9 February 2006
Police use of deadly force tearing neighborhoods apart (San Bernardino County
Inland Daily Bulletin, 9 February 2006
LAPD Policy Change to Get Hearing
Los Angeles Times, 9 February 2006
Sentencing News
Executed mens' medical charts part of lethal injection lawsuitSan Jose Mercury News (AP), 1 February 2006
California execution method on trial
San Jose Mercury News, 5 February 2006
Appeals process drags on for years in death penalty cases
North County Times, 6 February 2006
Death row appeal statement forged, D.A. says
San Francisco Chronicle, 7 February 2006
In a reversal, Los Angeles DA favors easing 3-strikes law
San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 February 2006
6 Jurors Urge Sparing Killer's Life; Echoing the trial judge and citing new evidence, they ask the governor to halt the execution of Michael Morales for a girl's murder in 1981
Los Angeles Times, 8 February 2006
Judge to Hear Challenge to Use of Lethal Injection; Foes say the practice may cause a very painful death, thus violating the U.S. Constitution.
Los Angeles Times, 9 February 2006
Stay of execution possible: Judge considers hearing on issue of lethal injections
San Francisco Chronicle, 10 February 2006
Youth Detention & Prison News
Reports find 'crisis' at state youth prisonsLos Angeles Daily News, 2 February 2006
Assaults on staff increase at Stark Youth Correctional Facility
Inland Daily Bulletin, 10 February 2006
Unrest in Los Angeles County Jail System
1 Killed, 50 Hurt in County Jail Race Riot (Los Angeles County)
Los Angeles Times, 5 February 2006
Sheriff Blames Lack of Staff for Jail Riot (Pitchess Detention Center)
Los Angeles Times, 6 February 2006
Lockdowns persist after jail race riot (Pitchess Detention Center)
Los Angeles Daily News, 6 February 2006
Sheriff to Move Violent Inmates (Los Angeles County)
Los Angeles Times, 8 February 2006
More Rioting Erupts at Jails; Racial Violence Spreads to Downtown Facility (Los Angeles County)
Los Angeles Times, 9 February 2006
More Injuries as Race Riots Disrupt Jails in Los Angeles
New York Times, 10 February 2006
Racial Violence Breaks Out After Clergy-Media Jail Tour (Pitchess Detention Center)
Los Angeles Times, 10 February 2006
Ex-Inmates Say Gangs Force Them to Fight (Pitchess Detention Center)
Los Angeles Times, 10 February 2006
Other Adult Jail and Prison News
Omitting prison from county population might reduce grants (Marin County/San Quentin)Marin Independent Journal, 1 February 2006
Prision reform: Legislator slams lack of progress
Sacramento Bee, 3 February 2006
Prison locked down after 16 hurt in riots (San Quentin)
San Francisco Chronicle, 3 February 2006
Crowded jail in a bind (San Joaquin County)
Stockton Record, 3 February 2006
Orange County near new policing role; But most cities here have no plans to change their policy on criminal immigrants
Orange County Register, 5 February 2006
tate Would Again Lose Funds for Jailed Illegal Immigrants
Los Angeles Times, 7 February 2006
Newsom backs big boost in officers: Understaffed force costing millions in police overtime (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 8 February 2006
Donations bring outside to inmates (San Quentin)
San Francisco Chronicle, 9 February 2006
Judge Deals Setback to Prisoners' Wage Fight
Los Angeles Times, 10 February 2006
Reentry News
Sex offender bill sent to Senate (Sacramento)Sacramento Bee, 1 February 2006
National & Noteworthy
Prison Commission Examines Oversight of U.S. Prisons and Jails and Gang Activity Behind BarsPress Release, Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons
Editorial: Voting Rights Under Siege (Pennsylvania)
New York Times, 10 February 2006
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