California Correctional Crisis
Thoughts and News on Criminal Justice and Correctional Policy in California
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Day 23 of the Hunger Strike: Light and Shadow in Press Coverage
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Two interesting newspaper articles came out recently, bracketing the range of public opinion about the California inmate hunger strike. Th...
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Monday, July 29, 2013
The Inmate as Customer: "Pay-To-Stay" and the Commodification of Punishment
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This morning Huffington's Post reports about the Fremont Jail : The Fremont Police Department is now offering its inmates a "pay ...
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Hunger Strike Bears Fruit at Martinez Detention Facility
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On July 19, 2013, all Martinez Detention Facility hunger strikers suspended their hunger strike. (Prisoners there had joined the statewide C...
Crime, Incarceration, and the Human Spirit: On Billy Sell and the Escape from Alcatraz
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Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin, courtesy the BBC UK. Billy Sell's tragic death yesterday , ruled a suicide by CDCR, ...
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Tragic Breaking News: Billy Sell Succumbs to Hunger Strike
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The first known casualty of the hunger strike is Corcoran inmate Billy Sell. The San Francisco Bay View reports : Billy Michael “Guero” Se...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Emergency State Appeal of Plata Before Supreme Court
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Justice Kennedy, the deciding voice in Brown v. Plata, is to tackle overcrowding once more, in responding to an emergency appeal from Gov. B...
Hunger Strike - Day 18
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