CDCR NEWS
Nicole
Spector, Today
It's
not uncommon for the children of famous entertainers to follow in their
parents' footsteps. Zak Williams, son of beloved actor and comedian Robin
Williams, is, in a sense, doing just that. There's one big difference though:
Zak Williams isn't in showbiz.
Instead,
Williams is focused on making a positive difference in the world by bringing financial literacy
education to at-risk communities. The 32-year-old San Franciscan, who holds an
MBA from Columbia University, is currently focused on society's least
privileged people: prisoners. Williams co-teaches a weekly class to
incarcerated individuals at San Quentin State Prison.
CBS
SF
LOWER
LAKE (KCBS) — Nearly 1,200 inmate firefighters are helping in the battle
against the Rocky Fire, which has now charred nearly 70,000 acres and is 85
percent contained.
Along
Highway 20, not far from Clearlake Oaks, a saw team in orange jumpsuits was
clearing the fire line recently.
Nathan
Navarez, from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Washington Rich
Crew Five, explains the process.
“Then
the rest of the crew comes behind them and clears out all the stubs, and gets
everything down to bare soil so that way the fire has no more fuel to burn.”
David
Middlecamp, San louis Obispo Tribune
Rarely is a ranking official in the Sheriff’s Department asked for an opinion about a case under trial; less often is a response given for the record.
“My opinion is they’re suicidal. … They’re just hostile, vile people,” said Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Arne Goble.
He was talking about brothers Dennis and Douglas Escobar.
Rarely is a ranking official in the Sheriff’s Department asked for an opinion about a case under trial; less often is a response given for the record.
“My opinion is they’re suicidal. … They’re just hostile, vile people,” said Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Arne Goble.
He was talking about brothers Dennis and Douglas Escobar.
Goble
made the comment after an Aug. 12, 1988, courtroom scuffle in which a
handcuffed.
Dennis Escobar grabbed bailiff Robin Weckerly’s pistol and his
brother, Douglas Escobar, jumped up to assist.
CORRECTIONS RELATED
The
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on spending $100
million on a swath of proposals designed to reduce the number of mentally ill
inmates in county jails.
The
supervisors set aside a combined $30 million in in general funds already during
the last two budget cycles for that purpose.
By
Sam Hananel, Associated Press
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against
solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in their quest to end
the practice — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Earlier
this summer, Kennedy took the unusual step of condemning long-term solitary
confinement, writing a separate opinion in a California death penalty case that
had nothing to do with the issue.
It
wasn't the first time Kennedy had spoken out on the topic. He testified before
Congress in March that American prisons rely too much on holding inmates in
isolation and said it "literally drives men mad."
But
the tone of his June 18 opinion surprised many civil liberties groups with its
almost explicit call for a fresh legal challenge to the practice of keeping
prisoners in "a windowless cell no larger than a typical parking spot for
23 hours a day."
Patrick S. Pemberton, The Tribune
A
prison guard will be sentenced next month for pointing a loaded gun at a
motorist during a road rage incident near Paso Robles.
Anthony
James Behrens, 53, was convicted by a jury Friday of brandishing a weapon at a
person in a motor vehicle, a felony, and unlawful laser activity, a
misdemeanor. After attorneys offered closing arguments, the jury deliberated a
little more than an hour before reaching its verdict.
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