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Riot at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran Contained
CORCORAN – A riot involving approximately 60 inmates at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran (CSATF/SP) was contained shortly after it broke out just after 12 p.m. today on a maximum-security yard. Correctional custody staff used pepper spray and less-than-lethal weapons to quell the disturbance.

NEWS:

AB 900

Yolo County moves ahead with prison renovation grant
By KATHERINE JARVIS, Daily Democrat-- In the next four years, Monroe Detention Center could see a major renovation that would include 148 additional beds.

California Institutions

Guards quash inmate riot at Corcoran State Prison
L.A. Now-- Guards at Corcoran State Prison used pepper spray and other less-than-lethal weapons Tuesday afternoon to break up a riot by inmates, authorities said.

5 Stabbed In Prison Riot At Corcoran
By Monty Tores, KMPH-- A bloody riot Tuesday at a south valley prison left several inmates injured and authorities trying to figure out what happened.

$200 Million Annually for Local Economy
By Mayra Barrios, Bilingual Weekly-- A new health care facility under construction brings hopes to enhance the quality of healthcare of patient-inmates while bringing economic prosperity to Stockton.

Realignment

Placer County has game plan to handle state prisoner influx
By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal-- AB 109 community corrections partnership plan gains supervisors’ OK

Jail population expected to double in 4 years
By Eiji Yamashita, Hanford Sentinel-- The Kings County Jail could be flooded with twice as many inmates than it is designed to hold by 2014 because of an ongoing influx of new prisoners under the state prison realignment, according to Kings County Sheriff Dave Robinson.

New law could land more offenders on city streets
By Toby Lewis, Roseville Press Tribune-- Roseville Police Chief Daniel Hahn said he is concerned about property crime increasing in Roseville as a result of new laws which could put more non-violent drug offenders on city streets.

Prisoner realignment and mental illness
KGET-- A deeper look into prison realignment. County mental health and substance abuse programs now have to deal with a new breed of parolee released into our area.

California Inmates

L. A. County jailers more likely to use force on mentally ill inmates
By Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times-- Mentally ill inmates make up about 15% of the Los Angeles County jail population but are involved in about a third of use-of-force incidents by deputies.

Nevada to buy inmate shoes made by California cons
Sacramento Bee-- Nevada inmates will soon be wearing shoes made by California cons.

California Parole 

Ex-CHP officer gets parole hearing in 1986 murder
The Associated Press-- A former California Highway Patrol officer convicted of killing a woman while on duty 25 years ago will get a chance for freedom.

D.A. urges no parole for CHP officer who killed SDSU student
L.A. Now-- San Diego County Dist. Atty. Bonnie Dumanis will attend a parole hearing Wednesday to urge the board not to release a former California Highway Patrol officer who murdered a San Diego State student in 1986.

REGION: DA to oppose parole for CHP officer convicted of Cara Knott murder
By EDWARD SIFUENTES, North County Times--  San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said a former California Highway Patrol officer convicted of murdering a 20-year-old college student 25 years ago should not be allowed to go free.

Parolee charged with strangling woman in RV
The Associated Press-- A parolee has been charged with strangling a woman in a recreational vehicle parked the driveway of his parents' Huntington Beach home.

Huntington Beach parolee charged with murder
Orange County Breeze-- A third-striker parolee has been charged with murdering a 21-year-old woman by strangling her to death in his recreational vehicle (RV). Ean Keith Brown, 38, is charged with one felony count of murder and sentencing enhancements for two prior strike convictions and serious felony priors for second degree robbery in 1995 and burglary in 2008. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 85 years to life in state prison.

Parolee charged in strangulation of 21-year-old Huntington Beach woman
Contra Costa Times-- A 38-year-old parolee was charged today with strangling a 21-year-old woman in a recreational vehicle parked in his parents' driveway in Huntington Beach over the weekend.

CDCR Related

Stopping Prison Construction Important First Step: More Reductions in Corrections Spending Needed to Protect Social Services
By Emily Harris, California Progress Report-- Governor Brown’s surprised Californians by unveiling his 2012-13 budget five days early on January 5th. The Budget has Californians calling for additional cuts to the corrections budget to prevent even further slashing of welfare, childcare, health care, education, and job opportunities.

Sacramento police: Woman assaulted in home by burglar
By C. Johnson, News 10-- A man released last month from jail has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a Sacramento woman during a burglary.

Man arrested in Sacramento burglary, sexual assault
Sacramento Bee-- A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her Sacramento home Monday morning has been arrested.

Police Arrest Suspect for Sexual Assault and Burglary
By Ian McDonald, Fox 40-- Sacramento Police arrested a man Monday night that they say sexually assaulted a woman and stole several items from her home earlier in the morning.

Police: Woman Assaulted Getting Out Of Shower
KCRA-- Police said a 29-year-old man recently realigned to Sacramento County Probation was arrested after he broke into a home and sexually assaulted a woman after she got out of the shower.

Savings from '3 strikes' reform may be smaller than claimed
By Ryan Gabrielson, California Watch-- Prisoners serving long sentences under California’s “three strikes” law are so expensive that legislative analysts say releasing some of them early could eventually save the state $100 million.

Police to search landfill for missing Arizona girl
The Associated Press-- Police plan to begin searching a landfill outside of Phoenix in the next few weeks in hopes of finding the body of a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for months and is now believed dead, they announced Tuesday.