By Joshua Sebold
(09/05/2012)
(09/05/2012)
California became the primary guinea pig in the prison industry after federal judges ordered the cash-strapped state to reduce its prison population within two years, starting in May of 2011, due to unsafe levels of prison overcrowding, a ruling later upheld by the Supreme Court.
By Lisa Kopochinski
(08/08/2012)
(08/08/2012)
When completed in July 2013, the new 160-bed Calaveras County Jail and Sheriff’s Office in San Andreas, Calif., will be a welcome relief. Replacing the current 49-year old overcrowded facility, the new project consists of two buildings — a 76,500-square-foot jail and a 41,500-square-foot sheriff’s office building.
By Nick Warner, Managing Partner, Warner & Pank LLC, and Danielle Higgs, Legislative Representative/Business Consultant, Warner & Pank LLC
(07/12/2012)
(07/12/2012)
On June 27th the California Legislature passed the remaining budget trailer bills including all those related to corrections and public safety, and the Governor signed all of the bills to complete the 2012-13 budget package.
(06/06/2012)
The Judicial Council endorsed a cost-cutting direction for court construction statewide, including the reassessment of 13 projects and further construction budget trimming on 24 projects. The council approved recommendations from the Court Facilities Working Group that are expected to yield significant, long-term savings throughout the $5 billion program.
(05/17/2012)
California may slash $4.1 billion in construction plans, bring back inmates housed in other states and close one of its costliest facilities.
(05/02/2012)
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a statement following the release by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of “The Future of California Corrections:
(03/21/2012)
In 2011, California passed several bills that called for prison realignment in the state as a way to cut costs in the budget, as well as cut California’s prison population.
By Lisa Kopochinski
(03/21/2012)
(03/21/2012)
Signed by California Governor Jerry Brown less than a year ago in April 2011, assembly bill (AB) 109
By Stephen A. Carter
(03/08/2012)
(03/08/2012)
Once I was in Heliopolis, the “sun city,” or at least the place where the ancient city once stood. This was in the late 1960s, a few months after the seven-day war between Israel and Egypt.
(02/29/2012)
After suffering for years, the quality of health care in California’s prisons appears to be on the rise.