Calif. Delays Awarding Death Row Contract
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ACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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.
ACRAMENTO, Calif. — 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.The extension of the period of award is for another 30 days and is the second such delay in a month.
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Stockton Welcomes New Correctional Facility
On today’s program we talk with Doug Wilhoit, CEO of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce in Stockton, California.
Legal Challenges to Drive Calif. Prison Construction
There is no end in sight to California’s prison woes.
Last month the state’s newly elected Gov. Jerry Brown proposed moving low-level offenders from state prisons to county jails to ease prison overcrowding and reduce the state’s $28 billion deficit.
A federal court ruled in 2009 that California must reduce its state prison population by 30,000. The U.S.
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CDCR Launches Parolee Resource Directory to Avert Recidivism
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation launched an online Community Resource Directory for parolees, their families and other community members in an effort to help offenders successfully reintegrate into their neighborhoods and reduce recidivism.
This new database makes a wealth of information available to help parolees find housing, jobs and services they need to turn their lives around and stay out of prison,” says Elizabeth Siggins, chief deputy secretary at CDCR for adult programs.
AB 900 Moves Forward
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The month of June provided a shot in the arm for the overcrowded prison system as the California Department 
of Corrections and Rehabilitation made concrete progress in its efforts to implement new construction and renovation projects.
of Corrections and Rehabilitation made concrete progress in its efforts to implement new construction and renovation projects.