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Governor's Veto Leaves Media Still Unable to Record Some Prisoners
When Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill expanding media access to state prisons, he was following in a long California tradition. Three previous governors have vetoed such bills that would let reporters record interviews with whatever prisoners they choose. So … Continue reading
Amnesty International Slams Calif. Prisons' Isolation Cells
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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
Amid Riots, Prison Guards Concerned About Staff Reductions, More-Violent Inmates
Last week riots sent 16 California prisoners to the hospital. Next week, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will send layoff notices to guards. Now prison guards are concerned that a “perfect storm” may be brewing linked to staff reductions … Continue reading
Calif. Prisons Grapple with Violent Trend
What happens when you take 2,600 of the most violent people in the state and cram them in housing meant for 1,800? That question is surfacing in the wake of a riot among more than 50 prisoners at California State … Continue reading
Calif. Prisoners Hospitalized in Riot
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A guard shot a prisoner and 10 other prisoners were hospitalized with "stab and slash" wounds in a riot at California State Prison Sacramento on Wednesday, the Department of Corrections reported. The facility is also known as "New Folsom" because … Continue reading
Advocacy Groups Wary of New Plan for Prison Isolation Units
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By Michael Montgomery, California Watch State corrections officials are moving forward with a plan for handling prison gangs and other violent groups, including changing rules that have kept some inmates locked in special isolation units for decades. But the initiative … Continue reading
Watch 'Prison Break': Special on Shift of Inmates to Local Jails
Realignment is one of those terms that seems to connote nothing about its true meaning. (It has nothing to do with brakes, for instance.) That's unfortunate, because what we talk about when we talk about realignment is nothing less than … Continue reading
Calif. Underestimated Number of Prisoners Sent to County Jails Under Realignment
by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 250 more criminals will serve their time in county jails instead of state prisons each year under a new California law, a sharp increase from the state's original projections. The … Continue reading
High-Tech Plan to Block Prison Cell Phones 'Unwise,' Report Says
From California Watch A deal between Gov. Jerry Brown's administration and a private communications company to deploy special equipment to block the rampant use of contraband cell phones by state prison inmates is based on a technology that is unproven … Continue reading
What Did Prisoners on Hunger Strike Want, What Did They Get?
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After most of the state prisoners on a hunger strike ended it last week, attorney Carol Strickman of Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, who represented the demands of the strikers to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, made a … Continue reading
