California Inmates
Dan Bernstein, Press Enterprise
“The issue is going to trial,” said attorney Brenda Miller, “and what
a waste of money. We’re going to spend a minimum of $10,000 for a guy
who’s doing life. ”
Miller was talking about her client, Raul Loredo Rodriguez, of
Ironwood State Prison. He got 15-to-life for second-degree murder in
1994. A few months ago, he was charged with possession of .6 gram of
pot.
Death Penalty
Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
When Douglas "Chief" Stankewitz arrived on San Quentin's Death Row
for shooting a young woman point-blank in the head in Fresno, he was 20
years old and totally alone.Capital punishment had just been
restored in California, and he was the first one back on the
stone-and-steel block of cages - number one, in the number one cell. That was 34 years ago. Stankewitz is still there.
Kent Porter, San Jose Mercury News
A 3,600-acre fire in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles chewed
through thick brush in steep terrain that hadn’t burned in two decades
amid hot, dry conditions.
CDCR Related
Doug Keeler, Midway Driller
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has once again delayed
action on a proposed contract that would reopen the Taft Community
Correctional Facility.The $75 million agreement, if approved, would
allow the city to re-open the CCF, creating about 50 new jobs and
replacing the revenue the city lost a year ago when the California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation removed state inmates from
the CCF under the prison realignment of AB 109.
Realignment
Frank Stoltze, KPCC
On this compliance check in North Hollywood, Bob describes his two trips
to prison — for burglary and receiving stolen property. He asked we not
use his last name. He says parole was a “nightmare” with more frequent
visits than in the current system.
Ryan Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Downtown News
According to the Los Angeles Police
Department’s Central Division, the AB 109 era has coincided with a sharp uptick
in serious crime, including violent incidents, at least in Downtown. Officials
attribute part of the jump to individuals recording multiple arrests in short
time periods.
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