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California Inmates

Prison inmates create Braille materials for students across California
By Cindy Von Quednow, Ventura County Star-- When Casey Tuley leaves Ironwood State Prison in January after nine years of incarceration, he will be the first of 21 inmates in a training program to walk out as a certified Braille transcriber.

Tehama prison camp walk-away is recaptured, booked into jail
Redding Record Searchlight-- State prison officials and local authorities Tuesday evening captured an inmate who had walked away from Ishi Conservation Camp in rural Tehama County.

California Parole

Manhunt for Male Called Off by MVPD and US Marshals
By Claudia Cruz, Mountain View Patch-- The search for a state parolee associated with a Menlo Park investigation involved several area police agencies.

Susanville battles residency of San Joaquin County killer
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore, Stockton Record-- Notorious as a once-convicted serial killer in San Joaquin County, Loren Herzog is an unwanted resident anywhere California parole authorities try placing him.

State Workers

DVI warden: Time to move on
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore, Stockton Record-- It was important for her to let employees know where she stood on issues, said Socorro Salinas, and she leaves with no regrets of the way she ran Deuel Vocational Institution as chief administrator.

California officers own 7,600 assault guns
By Don Thompson, Associated Press-- Peace officers throughout California have bought more than 7,600 assault weapons that are outlawed for civilians in the decade since state lawmakers allowed the practice, according to data obtained by The Associated Press after it was revealed that federal authorities are investigating illegal gun sales by law enforcement.

Realignment

Prison Realignment Sparks Lively Debate
By Lisa Kopochinski, Correctional News-- It’s no surprise that AB109, California’s new inmate transfer bill — or “realignment” — is a contentious issue. Therefore, it was a pleasant surprise when tempers remained relatively calm at a recent conference in Sacramento on this very topic, allowing for a constructive debate to take place between invited panelists and those in attendance.

CDCR Related

Police believe 5-year-old Ariz. girl missing more than 2 months was killed, dumped in trash
Associated Press-- Police now believe a 5-year-old Arizona girl missing for more than two months was killed and that her body was dumped in a trash bin across town before her mother reported her missing — the most substantive information detectives have released about what they think happened to the girl.

Friend accused of helping Sacramento prison psychologist fake attack
Associated Press-- The woman accused of helping her friend fake a home-invasion robbery and a sexual assault has been arrested.

How do you hold mentally ill offenders accountable?
By Ina Jaffe, NPR-- Mental health and law enforcement officials in California are trying to find ways to hold violent psychiatric patients accountable without punishing people for being sick. It's a response to escalating violence in the state's mental hospitals, where thousands of assaults occur annually. Only a tiny fraction of them, however, result in criminal charges.

'Three Strikes' Reform Gets A.G. Kamala Harris' Ear
Prison overcrowding and rising healthcare costs push new ballot initiative-- By Chris Levister , Black Voice News. While refusing to take an official position on reforming California’s Three Strikes and You’re Out law this week state Attorney General Kamala Harris opened the door.

Documents Identifying Suppliers of Execution Drugs Are Public Record, Court of Appeal Rules
By SHERRI M. OKAMOTO, Metropolitan News-Enterprise-- The state cannot withhold the names of the pharmaceutical companies from which it acquires the drugs used in its lethal injection protocol in response to a Public Records Act request for this information, the First District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.

OPINION:

California’s Lethal Injections
The New York Times-- In 2006, a federal district court ordered California to stop executing people because the state’s three-drug protocol for lethal injection lacked “reliability.”