(03/23/2011)
Induction lighting firm US Lighting Tech, based in Irvine, recently completed interior lighting installation at Corcoran State Prison.
(03/22/2011)
U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco ended a 21-year lawsuit Monday that fundamentally changed California’s prison system over the past two decades.
(03/22/2011)
U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco ended a 21-year lawsuit Monday that fundamentally changed California’s prison system over the past two decades.
(02/15/2011)
While the Stockton Chamber of Commerce may have taken federal receivership and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to court in response to the new correctional medical facility that is now being built there, they are now completely in favor of the project.
By Helen Christophi
(02/10/2011)
(02/10/2011)
The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced late Wednesday that it has again delayed awarding a contract for the first phase of a new $356 million death row complex at San Quentin State Prison.
Correctional News Podcast
(02/10/2011)
(02/10/2011)
Having won concessions in a legal battle, the Stockton Chamber of Commerce has thrown its support behind a new correctional medical facility.
(02/02/2011)
Serial killer Charles Manson was caught for a second time with a smuggled cellular phone. The phone was discovered in Manson’s cell at Corcoran State Prison in early January, according to a source at California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(01/29/2011)
A federal receiver appointed to improve inmate healthcare dramatically increased spending in California’s prisons but has so far failed to improve conditions for sick and injured convicts, a state Assembly committee has concluded.
(01/19/2011)
California sheriffs say county jails are overcrowded, casting doubt on Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to transfer 40,000 low-level offenders from state to county jails.
By Nick Warner
(06/09/2010)
(06/09/2010)
Nick Warner, managing partner of California-based advocacy firm Warner & Pank LLC, provides an update on corrections in California.
