Daily Corrections Clips

NEWS:

Women’s Prison Conversion

Q&A: Will Chowchilla fight prison conversion?
By Rina Palta, KALW-- Yesterday, officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation travelled to Chowchilla in the Central Valley to talk to locals about the pending conversion of Valley State Prison for Women into a men’s facility.

California Inmates

Inmate firefighter dies on training hike at Camp San Luis Obispo
By Stacy Daniel, San Luis Obispo Tribune-- An inmate firefighter assigned to Cuesta Fire Camp, located at the California Men’s Colony, died while taking part in a County/Cal Fire training program at Camp San Luis Obispo.

California Parole

Suspect arrested in parole officer's shooting in Lake View Terrace
By Andrew Blankstein and Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times-- Officials say parolee Steven Hoff was arrested after an hours-long manhunt that shut down a section of the 210 Freeway, creating a traffic nightmare.

Suspect in Parole Officer Shooting Faces Attempted Murder Charge
KTLA-- The suspect was involved in a similar incident with police in 2002. A man suspected of shooting a California state parole officer in the face Wednesday will be charged with attempted murder, authorities said Thursday.

Parolee Shooting Suspect Identified, 210 Reopened
By Nicole Charky and City News Service, La Canada Flintridge Patch-- Steven Hoff, 43, was taken into custody after several hours of a suspect search and barricade in Lake View Terrace when he allegedly shot a parole agent.

Freeway shut down in manhunt for parolee who shot officer; Delphi Academy locked down
Contra Costa Times-- A freeway was shut down today as authorities sought a parolee who shot a law enforcement officer in Lake View Terrace today and may have been wounded by return fire.

Manhunt continues for parolee who shot officer in Lake View Terrace
By Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News-- A 45-year-old parolee with two strikes and a violent past shot a law enforcement officer today in Lake View Terrace, prompting a massive manhunt and the closure of the Foothill Freeway, authorities said.

State Worker

CCPOA settles former employee's discrimination lawsuit
The Sacramento Bee-- The California Correctional Peace Officers Association has settled a discrimination and unfair treatment lawsuit brought by a former longtime employee whose husband had been a 2008 candidate for the union's presidency.

Prison psychologist loses license, job
By Laura Newell, El Dorado Telegraph-- A psychologist who allegedly faked her own rape earlier this year has lost her job with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

CDCR Related

Battle of the Badges' blood drive touted a success
By SILVIO J. PANTA, Imperial Valley Press-- Alonso Holguin waited to do more than give back to the community Wednesday. He was among a throng of people who waited to donate blood.

OPINION:

Editorial: Prison progress, at last
The Reporter-- A decade after the state of California agreed to improve inmate health care in the state prison system, it is finally on track to fulfill that agreement.

California’s Death Penalty: Unusual but Not Cruel
By Charles Johnson, Big Government-- Big Government contributor Charles C. Johnson writes against California’s bid to abolish capital punishment in the Los Angeles Times. He thanks Big Government contributor and past assemblyman Chuck Devore of the Texas Public Policy Foundation for the Texas and California death penalty comparisons.