Daily Corrections Clips

NEWS:

Budget

Gov. Jerry Brown plans $1 billion in prison cuts
By Marisa Lagos, San Francisco Chronicle-- Gov. Jerry Brown wants to cut state prison spending next fiscal year for the first time in nearly a decade, a departure from the goals of recent administrations, which consistently increased corrections spending and pushed for prison expansion.

California Inmates

Ione inmate's kosher quest is backed
By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee-- California prison officials must be ever vigilant to prevent inmates from getting their hands on forbidden stuff – shanks, dope, phones and the like.

California Parole

Report: Convicted murderer Loren Herzog kills self
The Associated Press-- State officials say convicted serial killer Loren Herzog has committed suicide.

Convicted Serial Killer Herzog Found Dead
By Mike TeSelle, KCRA-- Convicted serial killer Loren Herzog has hung himself, KCRA 3 first learned exclusively Tuesday morning.

Herzog hangs himself outside High Desert State Prison
Stockton Record-- Loren Herzog, the Linden man once convicted of three murders, apparently hanged himself late last night, a state prison spokeswoman said today.

Murderer paroled to Susanville area found dead from hanging
By Paul Janes, News10/KXTV-- Convicted killer, Loren Herzog was found dead around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to corrections officer Terry Thornton.

Loren Herzog found dead at HDSP
Lassen County Times-- Killer Loren Herzog — serving parole in a trailer on state property outside the fences at High Desert State Prison in Susanville — is dead, according to a report from News10KXTV.

Judge: Calif. fails to protect disabled parolees
The Associated Press-- California prison officials have failed to monitor and protect hundreds of disabled parolees in county jails, a federal judge ruled, citing "overwhelming and disturbing evidence" that inmates with disabilities are being denied access to housing, programs and services.

Disabled inmates denied crucial access, judge says
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle-- California prison officials have failed to monitor and protect hundreds of disabled parolees in county jails, some of whom have been denied such basic aids as canes and wheelchairs and aren't allowed to file grievances, a federal judge ruled Friday.

San Jose police identify two bank robbery suspects
By Sean Webby, San Jose Mercury News-- San Jose police have identified the two suspects they say were involved in a bank robbery and bomb scare that jammed traffic for more than five hours Thursday on Highway 85.

Bank robbery/bomb scare suspect hails from Gilroy
By Blair Tellers, Gilroy Dispatch-- One of two suspects involved in yesterday's bank robbery/bomb scare that backed up traffic on State Highway 85 for several hours is Alfred Apaiz, a 23-year-old resident from Gilroy.

Police ID pair arrested for robbing bank, crashing car
ABC 7-- San Jose police Friday have identified two men who allegedly robbed a bank and then crashed their getaway car while trying to flee from authorities on Thursday.

Car theft, chase ends in arrest of Fairfield parolee
By Catherine Bowen, The Reporter-- A Fairfield man, out of prison for just three days, was arrested Monday morning after allegedly forcing three young women out of a parked car in Fairfield and leading authorities on a multi-county chase that ended when he was taken into custody in Sacramento, authorities said.

Parolee arrested in connection with drug violations
Napa Valley Register-- A 49-year-old man on California State parole was arrested at about 4 a.m. Thursday at Walmart Supercenter in American Canyon on suspicion of being under the influence, according to the American Canyon Police Department.

Impact Of Knott Case Still Felt By CHP
10 News-- 10News was the only station to attend former California Highway Patrol Officer Craig Peyer's parole hearing Wednesday at the California Men's Colony at San Luis Obispo.

CDCR Related

Tulare County taking state to court over suspended payments for juvenile offender programs
By David Castellon, Visalia Times-Delta-- Tulare County is taking the California State Controller to court to stop plans for the state to suspend payments totaling more than $890,000 to support juvenile offender programs here.

OPINION:

Prison realignment is the best way
Bakersfield Californian-- The recent opinion piece by a psychologist at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi about California's program for reducing prison overcrowding was full of inaccuracies ("What has realignment of prisons wrought? More than state warned," Jan. 9).