Archive for November, 2011
No room in Fresno Co. Jail for parole violators
By Kurtis Alexander – The Fresno Bee Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 | 10:44 PM Modified Fri, Nov 25, 2011 10:51 PM In another sign that Fresno County is struggling to manage more criminals, the sheriff has ordered that state parole violators no longer will be held at the county jail. The parolees, who were once [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )California jails receiving more state prisoners than expected
County sheriff’s departments are scrambling to adjust. Some officials predict the situation will lead to the release of some inmates. By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times November 16, 2011 The number of state prisoners arriving in county jails under California’s controversial prison diversion program is significantly higher than officials had estimated, adding [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Freed on Medical Parole – inmate is back in custody
LA Now November 15, 2011 A California inmate paroled because doctors thought he was too sick to “perform activities of basic daily living” is back under guard after nurses said they caught him masturbating in his hospital bed. Generally, an inmate has to be so incapacitated that they no longer posea threat to public safety, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )INLAND: Realignment adds to jail woes in Riverside County
The Press Enterprise RICHARD K. De ATLEY rdeatley@pe.com Published: 12 November 2011 09:04 PM After one month, the state’s decision to put counties in charge of some nonserious offenders has caused a spike in Riverside County’s already dense jail population, putting it on course to reach capacity in January, officials report. About 190 newly [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )State Prison Shift Puts Skid Row at Risk
Los Angles Downtown News by Ryan Vaillancourt | Posted: Friday, November 4, 2011 3:52 pm DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – In September 2006, city officials launched the Safer Cities Initiative, a plan to crack down on petty crime in Skid Row. The bolstered police presence led to a plunge in criminal activity and steep reductions in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Michael Jackson’s doctor likely to be paroled in 2 years
California Watch November 8, 2011 | Ryan Gabrielson, California Watch Photograph – Al Seib/Reuters Dr. Conrad Murray sits in Los Angeles County Superior Court as the jury returns a guilty verdict for involuntary manslaughter in singer Michael Jackson’s death. Dr. Conrad Murray’s conviction on involuntary manslaughter charges for his role in Michael Jackson’s death [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )South Carolina sheriff tells women to carry concealed firearms
November 1, 2011 | 7:37 am latimes.com The sheriff of Spartanburg County, S.C., turned a news conference about an attempted rape in his community into an extended rant Monday in which he slammed a criminal justice system preferred by “liberals” for failing to keep the repeat-offender suspect behind bars — and implored the women in his [...]
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