Archive for January, 2012
Judge tosses Calif. standards for revoking parole
The Associated Press Posted: 01/27/2012 05:36:54 AM PST Updated: 01/27/2012 03:45:44 PM PST SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California’s voter-approved standards for revoking parole violate parolees’ rights to legal representation and tips the scale toward sending them back to prison, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento issued Tuesday’s ruling on parts of Proposition 9, which was [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Sheriff releases inmates to avoid overcrowding
By Dana Littlefield San Diego Union Tribune Thursday, January 26, 2012 SAN DIEGO — A recent surge in the population at county jails has prompted Sheriff Bill Gore to start shaving up to 10 percent off jail terms for some inmates to avoid overcrowding. The number of men held in custody this month in San [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Counties Struggle With New Probationers
Capital Public Radio (Sacramento, CA) Wednesday, January 11, 2012 County parole departments in California are in the third month of trying to integrate former prison inmates into county probation systems. Such inmates are classified as non-violent, non-serious, non-sex-offenders. So far, Sacramento County has processed 700 of them, including one man, Aaron Suggs, who was arrested [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )County Jails Maxed Out Due to New State Law
Reported by: KPSP Local 2 News Services 1/6/12 Riverside County’s jails are on the verge of reaching maximum capacity because of the influx of low-level inmates from state prisons, sheriff’s officials said Friday. The county’s 3,906 jail beds are 99 percent occupied, and the resulting overflow of inmates will leave the Sheriff’s Department little choice [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Man arrested in Sacramento burglary, sexual assault
Sacramento Bee 911 January 10, 2012 A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in her Sacramento home Monday morning has been arrested. Aaron Suggs (pictured), 29, was booked into Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of burglary and multiple sexual assault crimes, and is being held without bail. Sacramento police officers were called to a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )Parolee charged in strangulation of 21-year-old Huntington Beach woman
Contra Costa Times Posted: 01/10/2012 11:13:01 AM PST Ean Keith Brown, who was freed from prison and on parole for burglary, was living in the vehicle in a driveway in the 8300 block of Danbury Circle, Huntington Beach Capt. Russell Reinhart said. (Google Map) HUNTINGTON BEACH – A 38-year-old parolee was charged today with strangling a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off )State convicts arrive in L.A. County with costly mental illnesses
Newly released state prisoners are arriving in Los Angeles and other counties with incomplete medical records and mental illnesses that have officials struggling to provide treatment. By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times 9:16 PM PST, January 8, 2012 As California begins shifting supervision of thousands of newly released state prisoners to local probation agencies, ex-convicts [...]
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