Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Senator Cuts a Special Deal to Keep Parolees Out of His County

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One of the sex-offender related legislative innovations of the last decade was the introduction of residence restrictions. As we explained e...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Receivership News

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Volume 2(6) of the Receivership newsletter, Turnaround Lifeline, is out . Among other issues, you'll find information on creating an ele...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Father's Day: "Get on the Bus" Program

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The enclosed video reports on an initiative of developing healthy father-child relationships in a DC jail. Similar initiatives are occurrin...

Correctional Budget Cuts at the Local Level: Decrowding Shasta County Jail

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(Shasta County Jail building image from the Sheriff's website ) Not long ago we discussed the plan to shift state prisoners into local f...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Tax Cannabis 2010: More Marijuana Humonetarianism

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In 2010, we may expect to see on our ballots this proposal , which essentially aims to legalize the possession of up to one ounce of cannabi...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

More Death Penalty Humonetarianism

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More bipartisan disgruntlement about the death penalty, fueled by its dysfunctions and discontents: yesterday's Chron featured an op-ed ...

More Resistance to the Plan to Reduce "Wobbler" Offenses to Misdemeanors

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The proposal to prosecute "wobbler" offenses as misdemeanors , and thus reduce prison population (or, at least, juke the stats so ...