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CDCR NEWS:

Parolee Loren Herzog’s death investigated as possible suicide
SUSANVILLE – Parolee Loren Herzog, 46, was found dead at his trailer on state property outside the perimeter of High Desert State Prison (HDSP) on January 16, 2012, at approximately 11 p.m.

Judge Henderson Says “End of Receivership … In Sight”
Cites Progress in Overhaul of Medical Care in California Prisons
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is ready to start planning for the end of federal oversight of prison medical care, said CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate today.

NEWS:

Judge To End State's Prison Receivership
By Don Thompson, Associated Press-- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered California officials to prepare for the end of a six-year, court-ordered oversight of the prison system that has cost taxpayers billions of dollars and helped force a shift of lower-level criminals from state prisons to county jails.

Federal oversight of state prison healthcare to end
By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times-- Federal oversight of prison healthcare in California is nearing an end, a judge said Tuesday, six years after he ruled that abysmal medical conditions were contributing to an inmate death every week.

Six-year court management of prison health care almost over
San Francisco Chronicle-- Nearly six years after a federal judge took control of California’s woeful prison health care system, he says it’s improved enough to start planning for a return to state management.

California Inmates

Oft-released nonviolent offender now accused in mail-theft ring
By Nicole C. Brambila, The Desert Sun-- The accused woman at the center of a recently busted fraud and mail-theft ring has spent the last decade in and out of prison for forging checks.

California Parole

'Speed freak killer' Loren Herzog found hanged
By Will Kane, San Francisco Chronicle-- A man once convicted in a string of killings that terrorized San Joaquin County for more than a decade was found hanged in his residence on the grounds of a state prison in northeastern California, officials said Tuesday.

Paroled killer Loren Herzog found hanged in his trailer at prison
Los Angeles Times-- A convicted killer was found dead Tuesday after he apparently hanged himself, TV news stations reported.

Free for a year, 'Speed Freak Killer' found hanged in trailer
By Paul Elias, Associated Press -- A serial killer who was the target of court battles and protests over where he should live on parole appears to have committed suicide in his government-issued trailer just outside the walls of the High Desert State prison in Susanville, Calif.

Convicted Killer Loren Herzog Found Dead by Parole Agents in California
By Alicia Tejeda, ABC News-- A convicted killer's body was found late last night and is being investigated as a possible suicide, officials tell ABC News.

Herzog found dead in home
By Scott Smith, Stockton Record-- Convicted serial killer Loren Herzog apparently hanged himself in his fifth-wheel trailer Monday outside Susanville, the same day he received a call warning him that his boyhood friend, Wesley Shermantine, was actively building a case against him from Death Row.

Convicted killer Loren Herzog found dead
By Tim Daly, News10/KXTV-- One of two men convicted of being responsible for a series of killings in San Joaquin County is dead, apparently from suicide.

OPINION:

Juvenile offenders and lawmakers get another chance
By Robert Greene, Los Angeles Times-- We've said it before -- more than a dozen times. A child, even a bad one, should not be sent to prison for life without any chance at parole. It's a mark of societal fear and a lust for revenge.