Lawyer challenges ban from public defender’s office – Skilled attorney’s fee too high for system
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By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel May 16, 2012
A Milwaukee lawyer says he has been unfairly banned from taking on cases for the state public defender’s office, despite high-quality work with good results for …

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Articles in California – Public Safety Realignment – AB 109

San Diego County proposes $4.77 billion budget – Plan would increase spending on health programs and public safety
May 8, 2012 – 22:32 | Comments Off
San Diego County proposes $4.77 billion budget – Plan would increase spending on health programs and public safety

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 …

Op-Ed: California corrections chief: Public safety realignment a prudent strategy to save money
May 6, 2012 – 11:00 | Comments Off
Op-Ed: California corrections chief: Public safety realignment a prudent strategy to save money

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 …

Could bail reform bail out California’s overcrowded jails?
April 30, 2012 – 22:09 | Comments Off
Could bail reform bail out California’s overcrowded jails?

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 …

California – The Future of California Corrections
April 29, 2012 – 20:40 | Comments Off
California – The Future of California Corrections

The Future of California Corrections

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LA Times Editorial: [Realignment] and California’s justice revolution
April 25, 2012 – 08:49 | Comments Off
LA Times Editorial: [Realignment] and California’s justice revolution

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 …

Riverside County Supervisors vote to support state legislation aimed at preventing jail overcrowding by amending the 2011 Realignment legislation (AB 109)
April 24, 2012 – 22:53 | Comments Off
Riverside County Supervisors vote to support state legislation aimed at preventing jail overcrowding by amending the 2011 Realignment legislation (AB 109)

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 …

California – Santa Cruz County Takes Different Approach Toward Probation Violators
April 24, 2012 – 13:36 | Comments Off
California – Santa Cruz County Takes Different Approach Toward Probation Violators

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 …

New California Prison System Plan
April 23, 2012 – 20:20 | Comments Off
New California Prison System Plan

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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Loyola Law School Fidler Institute: AB 109 and Realignment
April 23, 2012 – 18:16 | Comments Off
Loyola Law School Fidler Institute: AB 109 and Realignment

April 22, 2012

Loyola Law School Fidler Institute AB 109 and Realignment

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California – Plumas County leaders pledge support to AB 109 committee
April 15, 2012 – 13:02 | Comments Off
California – Plumas County leaders pledge support to AB 109 committee

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 …

California – Op Ed: Realignment is a chance for state to rethink incarceration
April 15, 2012 – 12:47 | Comments Off
California – Op Ed: Realignment is a chance for state to rethink incarceration

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 …

California – Op Ed: Addicted to Incarceration: Will Solano County repeat the state’s mistakes?
April 15, 2012 – 12:43 | Comments Off
California – Op Ed: Addicted to Incarceration: Will Solano County repeat the state’s mistakes?

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 …

San Francisco Realignment & Post Release Community Supervision Implementation Plan
April 9, 2012 – 18:55 | Comments Off
San Francisco Realignment & Post Release Community Supervision Implementation Plan

DRAFT for PUBLIC COMMENT – March 29, 2012
http://www.sfgov3.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentID=1842
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Realignment results in lengthy jail sentences
April 5, 2012 – 22:35 | Comments Off
Realignment results in lengthy jail sentences

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 …

California Governor names San Joaquin County chief of probation to state post
March 31, 2012 – 02:18 | Comments Off
California Governor names San Joaquin County chief of probation to state post

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 …

Riverside County sheriff, DA balance budgets, warn of challenges ahead
March 29, 2012 – 17:22 | Comments Off
Riverside County sheriff, DA balance budgets, warn of challenges ahead

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 …

ACLU Blasts San Diego Jail Spending
March 23, 2012 – 10:21 | Comments Off
ACLU Blasts San Diego Jail Spending

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 …

Public Safety Realignment – California at a Crossroads – A Report by the ACLU of California
March 22, 2012 – 11:31 | Comments Off
Public Safety Realignment – California at a Crossroads – A Report by the ACLU of California

March 2012
Use this link to download the PDF document: ACLU-March-2012-public_safety_realignment_california_at_a_crossroads
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