Tag Archives: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

State Challenges Federal Oversight of Prisons

January 8, 2013, 1:00 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
Comments Off

Gov. Jerry Brown is challenging federal oversight of state prisons. "The prison emergency is over," Brown said in a press conference Tuesday morning. "After decades of work, the job is now complete." He filed court documents late Monday night arguing … Continue reading »

Filed under: Courts, Criminal Justice
Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Amnesty International Slams Calif. Prisons' Isolation Cells

September 28, 2012, 3:36 pm • Posted by Laird Harrison
Comments Off

The global human rights group Amnesty International is calling on California to use fewer isolation units in its prison system. In a study released Thursday, the human rights group called these units "cruel, degrading and inhumane.” Corrections officials isolate inmates … Continue reading »

Filed under: Criminal Justice
Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Pelican Bay Prisoners Reportedly on Hunger Strike

July 1, 2011, 2:14 pm • Posted by Joshua Johnson
Comments (13)

You could call it a "prison within a prison": a supermax facility so isolating that some inmates say they haven't seen the night sky in years. Prison reform advocates say that inmates at the Security Housing Unit of California's Pelican … Continue reading »

Filed under: Courts, Crime, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Law Enforcement
Tagged: , ,