Articles in California – Public Safety Realignment – AB 109
San Diego Union-Tribune – May 8, 2012 – San Diego County proposed a $4.77 billion budget Tuesday, down from this year’s $4.86 billion plan despite increasing spending on public safety and health services.
Overall, the spending …
The San Bernardino Desert Sun – by Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – May 5, 2012
When the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to sharply reduce prison overcrowding, there were …
KALW Public Radio San Francisco 91.7 FM – By Rina Palta – April 30, 2012
At the moment, Austin Hills is wearing an orange t-shirt, orange pants, and wrist shackles. He’s sitting in an interview room …
The Future of California Corrections
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The Los Angeles Times – April 25, 2012
California is on the verge of a justice revolution. Realignment, as it is known, is a set of changes thrust upon the state by our collective inertia: Prisons …
Valley News – April 24, 2012
RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted today to support a bill aimed at preserving local jail space by requiring that inmates sentenced to more than three years …
By David Liebler, California State Association of Counties – April 24th, 2012
Ask Santa Cruz County Chief Probation Officer Scott MacDonald about the value of thinking outside the box and
his eyes light up. If you want …
April 23, 2012 04:12 pm – Sabrina Ambler, MML News Reporter
Sacramento, CA — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today released a plan to…[for full story: http://defender411.us/IkHVUG ]
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April 22, 2012
Loyola Law School Fidler Institute AB 109 and Realignment
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Plumas County News – April 11, 2012 Dan McDonald – Staff Writer
Two weeks after local criminal justice officials complained about the county’s lack of support, two county leaders said they would do whatever it takes …
By Hanna Liebman Dershowitz – 04/15/2012 – The Press-Telegram
At first glance it looks like a classic pass-the-buck scenario.
Faced with severe state prison overcrowding and such poor conditions of confinement that the U.S. Supreme Court ordered …
BY LILLIAN CHEN – April 14, 2012
In just two months, Solano County plans to begin construction of a $90 million jail. The new jail will add 362 beds and cost the state $62 million in …
DRAFT for PUBLIC COMMENT – March 29, 2012
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By Minerva Perez – California Health Report – April 5, 2012
Javier Miranda was arrested last November while driving a truck full of methamphetamine up Interstate 5. After a short trial, he received an 18-year sentence …
The Stockton Record – March 31, 2012 – By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore
STOCKTON – Patricia Mazzilli, San Joaquin County’s former chief of probation, has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown as executive director of the California Corrections …
San Bernardino County Desert Sun News – March 29, 2012
RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office will end the current fiscal year in the black, but the heads of both agencies …
The San Diego Reader – March 21, 2012
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today released a 100-page report providing county-by-county profiles of the spending priorities established in the 25 counties that have already received nearly …
March 2012
Use this link to download the PDF document: ACLU-March-2012-public_safety_realignment_california_at_a_crossroads
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