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Category Archives: Criminal Justice
Local Jails May Limit Immigration Holds to Convicts
In the next year, many of California’s local jails might limit federal immigration “holds” to detainees with felony convictions, greatly reducing the number of people deported from the state solely for entering the country without permission. Gov. Jerry Brown met … Continue reading
Researcher: Few Adults Arrested For Pot Possession in Calif.; Juvenile Busts Also Plunge
Looks like it's gonna be pretty hard to get yourself arrested in California for holding a small amount of marijuana, according to a researcher with San Francisco's Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Mike Males has run some numbers released … Continue reading
Oakland Police Avoid Federal Takeover, Give Up Control of Department
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Oakland police officials have agreed to surrender authority of the department's command staff to a court- appointed director. City leaders say they’re optimistic the deal with plaintiff’s attorneys and the police union will prevent a federal takeover. The department was under that threat … Continue reading
Embezzlement, Scam Shatter Venerable Vanguard Foundation
by Shoshana Walter The Bay Citizen The Vanguard Public Foundation was once a social justice leader in one of the country’s most active nonprofit scenes. The organization funded San Francisco’s massive Iraq War protests in 2003 and financed the first … Continue reading
Prop. 36 Will Release Felons from Prison. Who Gets Out?
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Passing with 68% of the vote last Tuesday, Proposition 36 softened California’s controversial three strikes law, one of the toughest sentencing rules in the country. Three strikes, which voters put in place in 1994, allows for sentences of life in … Continue reading
News Pix: Giants in the World Series, Occupy Oakland Celebrates Anniversary, Earthquakes Break Ground and More
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Frank and Leticia Romo's shrine to their son Sergio's baseball career in his childhood bedroom in Brawley, California. About 25,000 people live in this farm town, out in the desert scrubland. Main Street is a dusty arcade of shuttered stores. Unemployment … Continue reading
High Pay a Costly Legacy of Calif. Prison Receiver
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A doctor at California Medical Facility was paid more than $410,000 last year, while a registered nurse at High Desert State Prison made nearly $236,000 — more than twice the statewide average in both cases. A … Continue reading
Prison Hunger Strikes Protest Gang Policy
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A hunger strike is continuing at one California prison but ended on Wednesday at another, according to Terry Thornton, a spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections. Some of the strikers were protesting a new policy aimed at reducing activity … Continue reading
