CDCR NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) have apprehended a minimum-security inmate who walked away from the Ishi Conservation Camp in Paynes Creek yesterday. The inmate was apprehended on December 20 at approximately 7:30 pm by CDCR officials and local law enforcement.
Fewer Inmates Returning to Prison After Release
The “2011 Adult Institutions Outcome Evaluation Report” shows inmate recidivism rate declines. California’s recidivism rate fell to 65 percent this year, according to the 2011 Adult Institutions Outcome Evaluation Report from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). This significant reduction of 2.4 percentage points in one year equates to 2,766 fewer offenders returning to prison and an approximate saving to California taxpayers of $30 million.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a state prison inmate who walked away from the Ishi Conservation Camp in Paynes Creek, located in Tehama County, today at approximately 9:45 am.
NEWS:
Recidivism Rate
Central Valley Business Times
Recidivism among felons released from California’s vast prison system fell to 65 percent this year, according to a report compiled by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
State Report Says Recidivism Rate Has Dropped
By Jenny O’Mara, Capital Public Radio
A state report says the number of released California inmates returning to prison has dropped this year by more than two-percent.
Fewer Inmates Returning to Prison After Release
KPSP
Fewer inmates in California are returning to prison after they've been released, state officials said Tuesday.
California Institutions
California Prisons Can’t Afford Costly Three Strikes Law
Bloomberg
The costly mess that is the California prison system has produced inmate strikes, violence and a Supreme Court ruling that its teeming institutions are unconstitutional. Now it may produce a welcome byproduct: justice.
California Inmates
Northstate Prison Escapee Found And Arrested
By Kerry Loring, Asst. News Director
Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) says a state prison inmate who walked away from the Ishi Conservation Camp in Paynes Creek was found about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
Paynes Creek Inmate escaped, still at large
By Julie Zeeb, Red bluff Daily News
Authorities are still searching the Paynes Creek area for a minimum security Ishi Conservation Camp inmate who escaped about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Inmate walks away from prison camp in Tehama County
By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee
An inmate walked away from a conservation camp in Tehama County this morning. Arthur Turner, 31, serving a sentence for second degree robbery out of Stanislaus County, walked away from the Ishi Conservation Camp in Paynes Creek at about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.
UPDATED: Inmate captured after walking away from Ishi Conservation Camp in Paynes Creek
By Ryan Sabalow, Record Searchlight
PAYNES CREEK -- State prison officials and local authorities this evening captured an inmate who walked away from Ishi Conservation Camp in rural Tehama County.
California Parole
Parolee leads deputies on High Desert chase
By Melissa Pinion-Whitt, The San Bernardino County Sun
A Hesperia parolee in a vehicle stolen from Chino led sheriff's deputies on a chase through the High Desert on Tuesday. Jose Robledo, 30, was arrested at the end of the chase and booked into jail on suspicion of felony evading, possession of stolen property, driving while under the influence and violating parole.
Parolee hiding from SWAT team falls from ceiling
Associated Press
A California parolee hiding from a SWAT team has fallen through the ceiling and into the arms of officers who lobbed tear gas into the attic.
Parolee at large leads deputies on high-speed chase
Beatriz E. Valenzuela, Dessert Press
A parolee at large with a smiley face tattoo on his head was arrested Tuesday morning after leading deputies on a high-speed chase through numerous city streets in a stolen vehicle, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said.
Realignment
By Dan McDonald, Plumas County News
Plumas County’s public safety system is already feeling the effects of the state’s Assembly Bill 109 inmate realignment. The number of prisoners and parolees in the county’s corrections system has been steadily rising since AB 109 went into effect Oct. 1.
CDCR Related
By Silvio J. Panta, Imperial Valley News
An arraignment hearing is set today for a clerical worker at Calipatria State Prison who was arrested on an indictment for allegedly accepting about $33,600 from prisoners in exchange for smuggling cell phones and tobacco into the prison.
Prison worker accused of smuggling cellphones, tobacco to inmates
Los Angeles Times
A 28-year-old employee of the state prison at Calipatria in Imperial County has been indicted on suspicion of taking $33,600 in bribes to smuggle cellular telephones and tobacco products to prisoners, the U.S. attorney's office announced Tuesday.
Calif prison worker accused of taking bribes
Associated Press
A federal grand jury has indicted a California prison worker on charges that he accepted bribes from prisoners in exchange for cell phones and cigarettes.
Sign On San Diego
A man who worked at Calipatria State Prison was arrested Tuesday after federal authorities accused him of taking money from inmates to smuggle cellphones and other contraband into the facility, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego.
Calipatria prison worker indicted for fraud & smuggling charges
By Mauricio Marin, KSWT
Calipatria, CA -- A Calipatria prison medical technician has been arrested for allegedly taking part in wire fraud and smuggling contraband to prisoners.
By Lauren Steussy, MBC San Diego
A man accused of smuggling cell phones and cigarettes into a state prison was arrested by FBI officials Tuesday.
Imperial Valley Press
A 28-year-old Calipatria State Prison medical office technician was arrested today by federal authorities for alleged crimes involving wire fraud and smuggling contraband to prisoners.
KYMA
A former medical technician at Calipatria State Prison faced a federal judge today, after being accused of smuggling cell phones and tobacco products into the prison.
California prison psychologist's friend charged in alleged rape hoaxBy Kim Minugh, Sacramento Bee
The woman accused of helping her friend fake a home-invasion robbery and a sexual assault has been arrested.
By Kim Minugh, Sacramento Bee
The woman accused of helping her friend fake a home-invasion robbery and a sexual assault has been arrested.
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