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California Releasing Parole Violators Early
California prison officials, facing severe overcrowding and a financial crisis, have been releasing inmates who were serving time for parole violations before they finished their scheduled terms.
July 16, 2009
Patrol
SCOTUS Decision Could Lead to Release of 46,000 Calif. Inmates
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a three-judge panel's order to release more than one-fourth of California's prison population to relieve overcrowding. In a 5-4 decision, the court sided with the panel that had ruled inmates didn't have adequate access to medical care.
May 22, 2011
Patrol
DOJ Set to Release 6,000 Prisoners from Federal Prison
The panel estimated that its change in sentencing guidelines eventually could result in 46,000 of the nation’s approximately 100,000 drug offenders in federal prison qualifying for early release. The 6,000 figure, which has not been reported previously, is the first tranche in that process.
October 6, 2015
Patrol
Calif. Given 2 Years to Cut Prison Population
A federal court gave California two more years Monday to reduce the population of its overcrowded prisons, yielding to pressure from state officials who said they could meet an impending deadline only by shipping thousands of inmates to other states.
February 10, 2014
Patrol
Judges Reject California Plan to Cut Prison Crowding
The panel said California officials had failed to comply with their order to produce a plan to pare the number of state prisoners by 40,000 within two years. The judges agreed to postpone a decision on a request by inmates' lawyers to hold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in contempt of court for defying the earlier order, issued Aug. 4.
October 21, 2009
Patrol
State Prisoner Release Program Stresses LAPD Resources
Since state officials implemented the prison measures in late 2011, the LAPD has had between 160 to 170 officers assigned full time to units responsible for keeping tabs on thousands of felons who are living in Los Angeles.
August 19, 2013
Special Units
Calif. Proposes Returning High-Risk Prison Gang Members to General Population
California corrections officials have floated a plan that would allow gang members living in high-security housing units to return to the general population as a reward for good behavior.
March 12, 2012
Patrol
The Failure of California's Prison Realignment
As we have been lamenting for the past 1½ years, California's controversial experiment in transferring supervision of prisoners from the state to local agencies is a clear and present danger to public safety.
April 22, 2013
Patrol
Federal Correctional Officers' Union Renews Call for Sentencing Reform
AFGE's Council of Prison Locals, which represents over 33,000 correctional workers at federal prisons across the country, praised Obama's denouncement of mandatory minimum sentencing for non-violent drug offenders.
July 20, 2015
Patrol
The Fallacy of the Nonviolent Offender
About 33 percent of so-called "nonviolent" offenders have a history of arrests for violent crimes.
September 16, 2009
Weapons
California Chiefs: Open Carry Is An Officer Safety Issue
A northern California police chief at the center of the open-carry debate tells POLICE Magazine that the state's law enforcement community generally supports the ban that goes into effect Jan. 1. Many POLICE readers disagreed.
October 10, 2011
Patrol
Prop 57: Doubling Down on Disaster
Like many misguided propositions in California, Prop 57 is likely to pass. Which means the Golden State will be releasing some bad people early.
November 1, 2016
Patrol
Releasing the Lions
How does President Obama show his respect for the risks you face while investigating and apprehending drug traffickers? He commutes the sentences of 46 drug traffickers.
August 20, 2015
Patrol
Crime: A Perfect Storm
America's rising crime rate is being driven by early release of violent prisoners, ineffective handling of criminal aliens, and the prosecution of police officers for doing their jobs, which makes officers hesitant to do their jobs.
September 30, 2015
Patrol
2 GA Prison Guards Disarmed, Slain During Prison Bus Transport
The Putnam County Sheriff’s office says about 30 other inmates were on the transport bus when two inmates overpowered the guards, and one of the inmates then fatally shot them.
June 13, 2017
Patrol
Putting Officer-Involved Shootings in Los Angeles in Perspective
The precise circumstances that lead to each OIS are unique, except that in every instance, the officers involved made split-second, life-and-death decisions based on their perception that their own lives or those of others were in danger.
August 17, 2015
Technology
Calif. Prisons To Block Prisoner Cell-Phone Use
The private company that maintains the pay phones in California prisons has agreed to install technology to block the use of smuggled cellular phones by prisoners.
April 16, 2012
Patrol
Killing of Infamous San Quentin 6 Prisoner Sparks California Prison Riot
A notorious inmate, who was part of a deadly prison escape attempt in 1971, was stabbed to death on Wednesday at New Folsom prison in California, triggering a riot of about 70 inmates, authorities said.
August 13, 2015
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