Los Angeles County May Cancel Taft Contract, Expand Mira Loma
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has reached a tentative agreement to move more than 500 inmates to the Taft Community Correctional Facility near Bakersfield, Calif.
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AB 109 Turns Two, Makes Strides for CDCR
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two years ago, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Assembly Bill (AB) 109 or the Public Safety Realignment Act, which required the realignment of several low-level prisoners in an effort to reduce the number of inmates in the state’s 33 prisons to 137.5 percent of design capacity by June 2013. As the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) continues to undergo massive changes to its prison system, a new study shows that the CDCR has already made improvements.
Read moreMcDonald Positioned to Oversee Jail Operations
LOS ANGELES — Terri McDonald has a long history with California corrections and is now continuing her journey in Los Angeles.
Beard Points California in the Right Direction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Correctional News recently caught up with Dr. Jeffrey Beard, Ph.D., the newly appointed secretary of corrections for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
Vacaville Facility Showcases California’s Progress
VACAVILLE, Calif.
CDCR Implements New Gang Management Reforms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is now implementing a pilot program that will reduce long-term confinement in security housing units (SHU) and overhaul the way gangs are managed. The Security Threat Group Identification, Prevention and Management pilot program was approved and certified by the Office of Administrative Law in October and filed with the Secretary of State. It is now the department’s official policy and has enabled CDCR to begin conducting case-by-case reviews of inmates in segregated housing.
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Gov. Jerry Brown Signs 2012-13 Budget
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.
On June 15th the Senate and Assembly passed a budget and a few essential trailer bills in order to meet the constitutional deadline. Below are specific provisions related to corrections and public safety.
Public Safety Details
Read moreCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Report
By Nick Warner, Managing Partner, Warner & Pank LLC, and Danielle Higgs, Legislative Representative/Business Consultant, Warner & Pank LLC
On April 24, 2012, CDCR released their report, titled: The Future of California Corrections: A Blueprint to Save Billions of Dollars, End Federal Court Oversight, and Improve the Prison System. You can access the report at: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/
Read moreCalifornia Gov. Brown Seeks to Cut Billions in Prison Construction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California may slash $4.1 billion in construction plans, bring back inmates housed in other states and close one of its costliest facilities.
The plan would reduce general fund spending on prisons to 7.5 percent from 11 percent, under a proposal unveiled by Governor Jerry Brown and the Corrections and Rehabilitation Department. The $4.1 billion is part of a $7.7 billion bond plan approved in 2007 to build more prisons as a way to ease crowding.
Read moreMega Project Takes Shape
STOCKTON, Calif. — With the slated completion date still about 18 months away, construction is buzzing on the site of the $900 million California Health Care Facility near Stockton, Calif.