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

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 care
Stockton 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 madness
Stockton 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 Violence
A Chronicle Special Report
San Francisco Chronicle, 5-10 February 2006

Other Law Enforcement News

LAPD Chief Overruled on Teen's Death
Los 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 lawsuit
San 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 prisons
Los 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 Bars
Press Release, Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons

Editorial: Voting Rights Under Siege (Pennsylvania)
New York Times, 10 February 2006

CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, No. 38]: 10 - 16 December 2005

The Death Penalty Debate & the Execution of Stanley Tookie Williams

Officials Focus on Williams Decision; Governor is reviewing material as L.A. council members call for peaceful reaction to whatever he decides in plea for clemency.
Los Angeles Times, 10 December 2005

South L.A. Divided on Williams' Fate; Some who knew Crips founder say he should pay for his crimes. Others aren't so sure.
Los Angeles Times, 10 December 2005

Every Execution Detail Prescribed
Los Angeles Times, 10 December 2005

Williams case is a classroom catalyst for death-penalty debate
Sacramento Bee, 10 December 2005

Williams' Lawyer Appeals to Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times, 11 December 2005

Californians soul-searching in countdown to execution
San Francisco Chronicle, 11 December 2005

Glitz and Gore of Williams Case Draw Foreign Media
Los Angeles Times, 11 December 2005

Appeals Court Denies Williams' Request for Stay of Execution
Los Angeles Times, 12 December 2005

Death penalty foes appeal for Williams' life; Inmate's supporters gather in Oakland, S.F., and at prison
San Francisco Chronicle, 12 December 2005

Aging, Ill Inmate Is Next in Line for Execution
Los Angeles Times, 12 December 2005

State could push for 5 executions in busier 2006
Orange County Register, 12 December 2005

Prosecutor in Williams' case faces suit in fatal shooting
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 12 December 2005

Tookie Williams Is Executed
Los Angeles Times, 13 December 2005

Williams Executed
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 December 2005

Time runs out; No eleventh-hour reprieve for Stanley Tookie Williams
Oakland Tribune, 13 December 2005

In black community, Williams case brings out calls for mercy and calls for punishment
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 December 2005

More sadness than anger greets the decision against clemency
San Jose Mercury News, 13 December 2005

Disagreement runs deep on forgiveness for killers
Inland Press-Enterprise (Riverside Co.), 13 December 2005

Case Draws Conflicting Views; Williams' sentence elicits strong and heartfelt feelings throughout the state regarding crime, mercy and punishment
Los Angeles Times, 13 December 2005

Death penalty moratorium on the table
Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2005

Many young blacks say execution was unfair; Sadness and frustration that Williams is gone
San Francisco Chronicle, 14 December 2005

Gang Counselors Find Williams Was Mostly Forgotten; Workers hope those who fought execution of the Crips co-founder and convicted killer will shift their efforts to aiding at-risk youths
Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2005

Eyewitness: Watching the Death of Inmate C29300
Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2005

Points West: A Barbaric End to a Barbaric Life
Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2005

Daniel Weintraub: Feeling ambivalent on Tookie, the death penalty
Sacramento Bee, 15 December 2005

Dan Glaister:'The state should not administer death;'The rate of executions in California is speeding up, but opinion is beginning to turn against the death penalty
Guardian (UK) Unlimited, 16 December 2005


Community Safety News
New funds to aid mentally ill; Proposition 63 money could transform care system (Santa Clara Co.)
San Jose Mercury News, 11 December 2005

Cities Rethinking Aid for Homeless; As Los Angeles looks to solve its problem, an aggressive new effort to get people off the streets in Santa Monica could provide a blueprint
Los Angeles Times, 14 December 2005

Compton Records Its 68th Homicide
Los Angeles Times, 15 December 2005

San Joaquin: The new Appalachia?
Sacramento Bee, 16 December 2005


Law Enforcement News
Captain demands apology; Bayview Station commander denies involvement in video (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 10 December 2005

News Analysis: Scandals punctuate the history of SFPD; Videos are only the latest indication of troubles in department
San Francisco Chronicle, 11 December 2005

LAPD Chief Backs Cameras in Police Cars
Los Angeles Times, 12 December 2005

LAPD Use of Force Studied
Los Angeles Times, 13 December 2005

No arrests made in 80% of homicides; In 2005, 74 of 94 cases remain open, police report says (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 December 2005

Agent absolved in killing; Narcotics officer said he thought victim was armed (San Jose)
San Francisco Chronicle, 14 December 2005

Rally targets sheriff's plan for migrant checks; A coalition says training deputies to enforce federal laws will cost millions (Sta. Ana)
Orange County Register 16 December 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Teacher changing lives down at Juvenile Hall (Stanislaus Co.)
Modesto Bee, 13 December 2005

CDC labels youngsters ‘habitual offenders,’ provides no treatment
San Francisco Bay View, 14 December 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Points West: Mentally Ill in the Jail? It's a Crime
Los Angeles Times, 11 December 2005

Lock-Up Learning: Higher education at prisons is making a comeback--and a difference
North Bay Bohemian, 14 December 2005


Reentry News
Marjie Lundstrom: Woman's break from her past is a story of second chances
Sacramento Bee, 10 December 2005

CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, No. 37]: 15-21 October 2005

Community Safety News
Demons are winning on Skid Row (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2005

A Corner Where L.A. Hits Rock Bottom
Los Angeles Times, 17 October 2005

Offering Compassion, Not a Cure (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 18 October 2005

Street Conversations With the Broken-Down Brigade (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 19 October 2005

Urban Renaissance Meets the Middle Ages (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Times, 20 October 2005


Sentencing News
A Primer: Three Strikes - The Impact After More Than a Decade
Legislative Analyst's Office, 20 October 2005

Bulk of '3 strikes' crimes nonviolent, study finds; Longer sentences add $500 million a year to budget
San Francisco Chronicle, 21 October 2005

Dan Walters: 'Three strikes' law a decade later - its impact is still unsettled
Sacramento Bee, 21 October 2005

$100 for each of 3,282 days in prison; State recommends $328,200 award in botched Lodi case
Stockton Record, 21 October 2005


Juvenile Detention & Prison News
Juvenile Justice in California, 2004
California Department of Justice, Bill Lockyer, Attorney General
October 2005
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Adult Jail & Prison News
Inmates' kids need mentoring (Alameda County)
Contra Costa Times, 15 October 2005

Grim reality of prison health care; Doctors, nurses and inmates suffer inside broken system
San Francisco Chronicle, 16 October 2005

Open Letter to Rod Hickman: Prison Guards and Wardens are out of control!
American Chronicle, 18 October 2005

Jails lead in dismal category (Orange Co.)
Orange County Register, 21 October 2005

Death row to get a hearing (San Quentin)
Marin Independent Journal, 21 October 2005


Reentry News
Drug felons: Policy puzzler - Advocates ask why governor refused to lift welfare ban after ending food stamp ban last year
Sacramento Bee, 16 October 2005

Governor overruled on parole of killer (San Mateo Co.)
San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Otober 2005

CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, No. 36]: 7-14 October 2005

This Week's Featured Report
The Rest of Their Lives: Life Without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States
Amnesty International USA & Human Rights Watch, October 2005
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Community Safety News
'Meth Mouth': Lost teeth due to 'meth mouth' among consequences of drug abuse
Riverside Press-Enterprise, 9 October 2005

Editorial: Governor signs foster-care bills
San Francisco Chronicle, 14 October 2005

Green Light for Mental Health Plan (Los Angeles Co.)
Los Angeles Times, 14 October 2005

Slamming the door on DUIs: Fresno police applaud success of program that tracks multiple offenders
Fresno Bee, 14 October 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Helping lost juveniles find their way (N.A. Chaderjian YCF)
The Daily Review (Hayward), 9 October 2005

Judge looks for ways to stem violence (San Mateo Co.)
San Mateo Times, 11 October 2005

180 teen killers locked up for life, report says; Change proposed to allow paroles
San Francisco Chronicle, 12 October 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
San Quentin prison doctor placed on leave after three inmate deaths
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 8 October 2005

Governor vetoes bill to give media greater access to inmates
San Diego Union Tribune, 8 October 2005

No room at Napa for inmates in need (Marin Co.)
Marin Independent-Journal, 8 October 2005

Prison doctor paid not to work
San Jose Mercury News, 8 October 2005

Nobel nominee's death appeal denied; 2 others also lose
San Francisco Chronicle, 12 October 2005

Reentry news
Parolee homes trigger debate (San Bernardino Co.)
San Bernadino Sun, 8 October 2005

A Call to Let Felons Start Fresh; San Francisco supervisors urge deletion of the question about prior felonies from public job applications
Los Angeles Times, 12 October 2005


National & Noteworthy
Editorial: Sexual Slavery in Prison
New York Times, 12 October 2005

Editorial: Voting Rights, Human Rights
New York Times, 14 October 2005

CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, No. 35]: 9/30/05 to 10/06/05

Community Safety News
Youths Join Bid to Fight Rape; High school in Los Feliz takes part in a pilot program to teach young men respect for women
Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2005

Suit challenging county gun ban can proceed (Alameda Co.)
Oakland Tribune, 1 October 2005

31 safety bills are signed
Fresno Bee, 5 October 2005


Law Enforcement News
2 Strategies on Policing Homeless: LAPD chief touts arrests for crimes downtown. Sheriff says sweeps won't solve the big problem
Los Angeles Times, 6 October 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Inside 'CHAD,' California's most notorious youth prison
Oakland Tribune, 1 October 2005

Chad puts off more new wards
Stockton Record, 2 October 2005

Wards Shift Course of Fires -- and Their Lives (Ventura YCF)
Los Angeles Times, 3 October 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
City jail's blanket strip searches illegal (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 1 October 2005

A Journey Toward Healing;Restorative justice brings crime victims and perpetrators together to confront the loss
Los Angeles Times, 1 October 2005

Moss David Posner: Just One More Day
American Chronicle, 2 October 2005

Judge assails death rate, health care in prisons
San Jose Mercury News, 4 October 2005


Reentry News
S.F. may ease ex-felon hiring
Sacramento Bee, 3 October 2005

Parolees to be tracked with global satellites
San Jose Mercury News, 5 October 2005


NO WAY OUT: Dashed Hopes
This New York Times series examines the swelling population of prisoners who are serving life sentences, often not for murder.

To More Inmates, Life Term Means Dying Behind Bars
New York Times, 2 October 2005

No Way Out: Jailed for Life After Crimes as Teenagers
New York Times, 3 October 2005

Serving Life, With No Chance of Redemption
New York Times, 6 October 2005

Life Without Parole: Multimedia Feature
New York Times, 2 October 2005

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

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

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

CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 2, Issue 31: 2-8 September 2005

This week's feature articles
John Ferguson: Prisons and Profits
The Economist, 1 September 2005

Gangs on Back Burner at the Homegirl Cafe
Los Angeles Times, 5 September 2005


Community Safety News
Triple homicide increases this year's death toll to 13 (East Palo Alto)
San Jose Mercury News, 2 September 2005

City presses campaign against gang violence; Use of assault rifle in triple homicide a big concern (East Palo Alto)
San Francisco Chronicle, 2 September 2005


Law Enforcement News
Violent end to life gone awry: A Nuevo woman's death reveals the problems police face in dealing with the mentally ill. (Riverside Co.)
Inland Press-Enterprise, 7 September 2005

A New Boiling Point: John Mack was elected as head of the Police Commission to make real changes, but racial tensions remain (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles CityBeat, 8 September 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Teen found dead in youth prison (N.A. Chaderjian)
San Jose Mercury News, 2 September 2005

Mother seeks answer in prison death (N.A. Chaderjian)
Stockton Record, 5 September 2005

Kids on the Inside (N.A. Chaderjian)
Los Angeles CityBeat, 8 September 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Calipatria riot reflects troubled prison system
San Diego Union Tribune, 4 September 2005

Speech training a boon to inmates (CA Institution for Women)
Riverside Press Enterprise, 3 September 2005

Accident shuts down prison water system (CA Institution for Men)
Inland Daily Bulletin, 6 September 2005

Family files suit against CDC over negligence (CA Medical Facility)
Vallejo Times Herald, 7 September 2005

CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 2, Issue 30: 26 August - 1 September 2005

This week's feature article
Youth prison guards reinstated after videotaped beating of wards
San Francisco Chronicle (AP), 30 August 2005

Community Safety News
State's war on pot getting more violent (San Benito Co.)
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 August 2005

Open Forum: Do surveillance cameras make the city safer? (San Francisco)
PRO: They can transform 'high crime' neighborhoods
CON: They push crime elsewhere and spy on the rest of us
San Francisco Chronicle, 28 August 2005

Mental health providers give their two cents on $25 million windfall
North County Times, 30 August 2005

Color Bind: San Jose's gang landscape is changing, with an influx of Sureños threatening Norteño dominance and leading to an upsurge in violence at gang borders around the city
Metro Silicon Valley, August 31-September 6, 2005

Law Enforcement News
July 2005 Report from the Attorney General's Task Force on
Local Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence:
Keeping the Promise - Victim Safety and Batterer Accountability
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LAPD May Relax Its Hiring Rules
Los Angeles Times, 29 August 2005

Sentencing News
Jury instructions made simple; Panel to vote today on 700 newly worded judge's directives
San Francisco Chronicle, 26 August 2005

Adult Jail & Prison News
Drug suspect freed as staff shortage overwhelms jail (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 27 August 2005

The Sound of Silence
American Chronicle, 29 August 2005

Reentry News
Lawyers reach out as parolee mentors (San Diego Co.)
San Diego Union Tribune, 29 August 2005

Setting a high bar: Dale McKinney, once serving life in prison, prepares to practice law. How did he do it?
Sacramento Bee, 28 August 2005

State, local officials back tougher laws on sexual predators
San Jose Mercury News, 29 August 2005

Parole office locations open for input (San Mateo Co.)
San Mateo County Times, 1 September 2005

CA Police & Prison News, Vol. 2, Issue 29: 18-25 August 2005

This week's feature article
California has one of highest murder-suicide rates in nation; Finances often trigger murder-suicides
Oakland Tribune, 20 August 2005


Community Safety News
Federal Officials Announce Meth Measures; Congressional critics say the antidrug ads, treatment grants and website aren't enough
Los Angeles Times, 19 August 2005

Camp gives at-risk kids a sense of family and fun; Effort to keep youth from following relatives into prison
San Francicsco Chronicle, 23 August 2005

We're Still No. 1: Rate of car thefts in Stanislaus County leads nation in 2004
Modesto Bee, 23 August 2005


Law Enforcement News
Ranked and filed: Register review finds cities that contract with the Sheriff's Department get below-average results. (Orange County)
Orange County Register, 21 August 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE: When play turns dangerous
San Francisco Chronicle, 22 August 2005

Chaos in probation office (Orange County)
Orange County Register, 23 August 2005

CYA death still a mystery: A year later, a young inmate's family wants answers
Oakland Tribune, 23 August 2005

Population Drops at Boys Ranch
Gilroy Dispatch, 25 August 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Lockdown at Salinas Valley Prison is Cruel but not Unusual
American Chronicle, 18 August 2005

Terror allegations prompt debate about inmate religious meetings
San Francisco Chronicle (AP), 19 August 2005

Calipatria prison locked down in wake of fatal riot
San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 August 2005

Former inmates tell horror stories of rape; Bipartisan commission gathering testimony to draft federal rules
San Francisco Chronicle, 20 August 2005

Panel on Prison Rape Hears Victims' Chilling Accounts (San Francisco)
New York Times, 20 August 2005

My Perfect Man: Marrying an Inmate Can Work
San Francisco Chronicle, 23 August 2005

Soledad prison lockdown lifted
Monterey Herald, 25 August 2005


Reentry News
Elections office registering jail inmates, ex-convicts (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 24 August 2005

CA Police & Prison News [Vol. 2, Issue 28] 12-18 August 2005

This week's featured articles
Jeff Gerritt: Inmates may have it right -- prisons all about jobs
Detroit Free Press, 16 August 2005

Death without dignity
San Francisco Bay Guardian, August 17 - August 23, 2005, Vol. 39, No. 46

Community Safety News
LAPD gun tracking effort will be tested in Valley
Los Angeles Daily News, 12 August 2005

Kern schools weigh gun safety program for kindergartners
Bakersfield Californian, 12 August 2005

Center aiding victims of violence loses funds (San Francisco)
San Francisco Chronicle, 15 August 2005

Study confirms role of meth in HIV; Drug users three times more likely to acquire infection
San Francisco Chronicle, 16 August 2005


Law Enforcement News
Deputies Appeal Discipline in Shooting
Los Angeles Times, 14 August 2005

LAPD Fired on Suspects 56 Times in '04;Report shows an 18% increase in serious-force incidents
Los Angeles Times, 17 August 2005


Sentencing News
Death-penalty bill alarms many
San Jose Mercury News, 16 August 2005

Editorial: Against the drug war
Washington Post, 16 August 2005

Inmate charged in 1981 rape that led to wrongful conviction
San Jose Mercury News, 17 August 2005


Youth Detention & Prison News
Crackdown aims at youth prison; Violent "Chad" shut to new inmates
San Jose Mercury News (AP), 13 August 2005


Adult Jail & Prison News
Prison system inconsistencies frustrate inmates aching to help
Contra Costa Times, 12 August 2005

'I have nothing out there': James Porter in his own words
Auburn Journal, 14 August 2005

Ambulance rates for prisons stir outrage (CMF and CSP-Solano)
Vacaville Reporter, 12 August 2005

Lockdown reaches week four (Salinas Valley State Prison)
Monterey Herald, 13 August 2005

Folsom prison inmates tied to terror case
Sacramento Bee, 17 August 2005


Reentry News
Yucaipa eyes parolees
San Bernardino Sun, 14 August 2005

Bills tighten sex-offender tracking
Sacramento Bee, 17 August 2005

Editorial: We need a smart law on sexual predators, not just a tough one
San Jose Mercury News, 18 August 2005