NEWS:
Rehabilitation
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation is looking to focus on the second part of its
name, rehabilitating many of its 134,000 inmates.
Realignment
State prisons regurgitating felons
Cal Coast News
There are 38,000 more
felons in California county jails and other local lockups and programs, thanks
to a relatively new state policy dubbed “realignment” which officials hope will
reduce what had been a rapidly-growing prison population.
California Institutions
The Chowchilla News
Three California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisons were certified Monday
by the American Correctional Association (ACA) during the 142nd Congress of
Correction in Denver, Colo.
California Inmates
Soft-spoken
and nearly due with twins, Noemi Mendoza sat in a classroom at Lerdo Jail and
reflected on the death of her 2-year-old son and her upcoming prison term.
CDCR Related
By Debra Werner, Space News
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The NASA Ames Research Center is known
for establishing innovative partnerships and Pete Worden, the former Air Force
general who serves as the Center’s director, is known as a maverick. Still, the
latest joint venture to come to light has caught even some longtime NASA
observers by surprise.
By
Logan Layde, State Impact
The
number of inmates serving their time in private prisons in the U.S. has increased by more than one-third in the past eight years.
Los Angeles Times
The recent release of
several thousand inmates from the California prison system has resulted in more
than 300 ex-prisoners under the partial supervision of L.A. sheriff's deputies
in Lancaster, and there have been nearly 200 arrests among this group since
October, authorities said Thursday.
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