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SHOULD WE RISK MAKING CALIFORNIA’S PRISONS BIG BIZ? (Short answer: No.) In his State of the State speech on Wednesday (Schwarzenegger’s last) the governor was impassioned about wishing to spend more on...

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Creepy “Gay ‘Cure’” Language Yanked from State Code

File this under: it’s about damned time. Here’s what the press release from Equality California said: The California Assembly today [Monday] passed an Equality California-sponsored bill (AB2199) that...

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Why Schwarzenegger Must Sign AB 12, to Extend Foster Care

It is going to be tempting for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger not to sign AB 12, the bill now sitting on his desk that will extend the age limit for a kid to remain in the foster care system from 18 to...

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SmartPhones All the Rage Behind Bars….& Arnold Pardons

Cell phones have proliferated (illegally) inside prisons for several years. But now Monday’s NY Times has a particularly thorough article on a newer lock-up phenom—namely the advent of smartphones...

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Schwarzenegger, Estaban Nunez, Michael Duc Ta and the Double Standard

Now that we have had some time to reflect further on outgoing governor Arnold Schwarznegger’s reduced sentence for Estaban Nunez, the son of his business ally, former Assembly Speaker, Fabian Nunez,...

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Shutting Down CA’s Juvie Prisons, SCOTUS Ethics, a Needed Clemency & More

BROWN WANTS TO SHUT DOWN THE STATE’S JUVENILE PRISONS, BUT SHOULD WE? The short answer is YES. They’re preposterously expensive and they’re a mess that seems immune to fundamental reform. However,...

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Judge Nash Issues Order to Open Juvenile Dependency Court…and More

Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash did a brave and important thing on Friday—and then again on Monday. On Friday he issued a draft order to open the Juvenile dependency courts to the press,...

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Thursday Must Reads: CA Juvie Facilites, an ICE Dention Dependant Town …& More

by Taylor Walker TO CLOSE OR NOT TO CLOSE CA’S COSTLY JUVENILE PROGRAMS? SF Chronicle’s Marisa Lagos reports on the advantages (and disadvantages) of the state’s controversial juvenile justice programs...

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With His New Budget on the Horizon, Jerry Brown Says Prison Pop Problem...

GOVERNOR SAYS PRISON POPULATION CRISIS IS OVER, THAT FEDS SHOULD REMOVE THE POPULATION CAP—MEANWHILE SOME CA LOCK-UPS STILL RUN AT WAY PAST CAPACITY On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown will...

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2 More Dorner Stories …Does Baca Play Favorites With Concealed Weapon...

DORMER, THE LAPD AND A PSYCHOLOGICAL “CEMETERY FULL OF GHOSTS” “We’ve got a cemetery of ghosts from LAPD’s past raised by this tragic—beyond tragic— catastrophe,” said civil rights attorney Connie...

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CA to Spend BIG $$ on Youth Lock-ups. So Can We spend it Well?…..”Getting...

CALIFORNIA PLANS TO SPEND $79 MILLION ON YOUTH, & ADVOCATES PRESS FOR $$ TO GO TO COUNTIES WITH CLEAR REHAB GOALS Right now the California Board of State & Community Corrections (BSCC) is...

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