CDCR NEWS:
At
the request of the State of California and the plaintiffs, U.S. District Court
Judge Jeffrey S. White has dismissed a 7-year-old lawsuit regarding the level
of dental care in California prisons.
NEWS:
Realignment
Governor Jerry Brown's plan to
overhaul the state's criminal justice system, known as realignment, is
redirecting thousands of low-level offenders from state prisons to county
jails. Can this prison reform effort succeed where others have failed?
Fire Camps
By Callie Shanafelt, California
Health Report-- Driving into the wooded campus of Pine Grove
Youth Conservation Camp feels like arriving at a summer camp – until you see
the road signs warning that you are entering a correctional facility.
CDCR Related
By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee-- Stanford legal minds conceived
the measure. A prosecutor from Los
Angeles vetted it. The godfather
of its original design is fighting it.
By Albert Samaha, SF Weekly-- With a couple
strokes of his pen, Gov. Jerry Brown can significantly alter the way
California's prison system works.
OPINION:
Ventura County Star-- The California Legislature has
taken a positive step to offer a second chance to some prison inmates who were
juveniles when they were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
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