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Category Archives: Criminal Justice
Ex-Officers Often Investigate Police-Involved Shootings
by Shoshana Walter, The Bay Citizen After Oakland police Officer Miguel Masso shot and killed 18-year-old Alan Blueford last May, prosecutors quickly released their investigator’s findings about the incident, amid a public outcry and a protest that shut down a … Continue reading
Judge Rules Against Calif. Control of Prison Mental Health Programs
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to regain state control of inmates' mental health care, citing systematic failures to reduce prison suicides, provide timely care and hire enough staff. The decision is … Continue reading
Grover Norquist on KQED's Forum: The Tax Pledge and Beyond
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, is best known for the tax pledge that his group asks Republican candidates and politicians to sign. The pledge basically says that the signee will not support new taxes or reductions to … Continue reading
Report Outlines Abuses by California Prison Staff
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new report by the state prison system's inspector general reveals numerous examples of extreme misconduct by prison guards and state parole agents. The cases included a parole agent who is accused of soliciting one of his parolees … Continue reading
Berkeley Commission Probes Police Role in Transgender Woman's Death
by Alex Emslie Paranoid, schizophrenic and transgender, Kayla Moore followed a difficult path through life. That path ended abruptly when she died after Berkeley Police took her into custody the night of Feb. 12. Now the Berkeley Police Review Commission … Continue reading
Inmates' Attorneys Battle California Governor Over Prison Oversight
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by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struggled with how to gauge whether conditions for mentally ill inmates in California prisons have improved enough under federal oversight to return control of the facilities … Continue reading
Alameda, Fresno, Riverside Counties Hit with Lawsuits for Prison Conditions
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Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has spent billions of dollars and endured years of federal lawsuits to improve conditions in its state prisons, but the problems it has been trying to correct are now trickling down … Continue reading
New Director to Take Over Troubled Sonoma Disability Center
by Amy Julia Harris, California Watch A former employee of the Sonoma Developmental Center has been tapped to head California’s largest full-time care facility for the severely disabled, at a time when the institution is struggling to reinvent itself in … Continue reading
Massive Memorial Held for Slain Santa Cruz Officers
The city government shut down in Santa Cruz on Thursday as workers joined a massive memorial for two slain police officers. A procession of 200 vehicles left at 8:45 a.m. from the town's Boardwalk and traveled through Santa Cruz, heading … Continue reading
California Jails Unequipped for 1,100 Long-Term Inmates
By Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—California counties are housing more than 1,100 inmates on long-term sentences in jails designed for stays of a year or less, according to the first report detailing the growth in that population under … Continue reading
