OFFICIAL CDCR RELEASE As of Oct. 1, 2011, our Department and the State of California are undergoing significant changes to facilitate reducing … [Read more...]
Hunger Strike Is Cut Short
California prisoners’ latest hunger strike was cut short after authorities created new criteria to determine gang affiliation and programming … [Read more...]
New Poll Reflects Support For Amending Three Strikes
A heavy majority of Californians favor amending the Three Strikes Law, according to recent public opinion polls. A Field Poll in June found 74 percent … [Read more...]
Law Professor Speaks On Mass Incarceration
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on prison overcrowding also declares that prisoners have a right to be treated with dignity.Law Professor … [Read more...]
Budgetary and Social Impact of Realignment
California’s 58 counties are expecting $5.6 billion through June 2012 to pay for Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment plan that shifts responsibility from … [Read more...]
Senate Bill Looks to Undo Impact Of Lawrence Case on Lifer Parole
Legislation has been introduced that would allow the parole board to give considerably more weight to the crime and the criminal history of a life … [Read more...]
State Supreme Court to Review Marcy’s Law
The California Supreme Court will decide two issues that are critical for lifers appearing before the Board of Parole Hearings. The court will decide … [Read more...]
San Francisco Reviewing Legislation to End Offender Discrimination
San Francisco and the federal government are grappling with the question of whether private employers should have the right to discriminate against … [Read more...]
Centerforce Summit to Examine Incarceration
Centerforce’s National Inside/Out Summit on incarceration will focus on “The Faces of Change: People and Strategies That Make a Difference” within the … [Read more...]
Prison Population Reduction Plan Begins October 1
California prison officials project they will meet a federal court mandate to trim the state’s prison occupancy by 33,000 over the next 24 months, … [Read more...]
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