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Governor Jerry Brown’s ‘Ugly’ Prison Plan
Luis Sinco: Los Angeles Times Under threat of contempt of court, Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a plan to ease prison crowding by releasing certain inmates early, sending others to county jails and...
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Maldonado’s ‘Early Release’ Repeal Targets Wrong Offenders
Abel Maldonado made it clear that his campaign against Gov. Jerry Brown’s prison realignment program is about stopping criminals like Jerome Rogers, the 57-year-old transient accused of killing an...
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L.A. Unified Bans Suspension for ‘Willful Defiance’
In ground-breaking action, the Los Angeles Unified school board voted Tuesday to ban suspensions of defiant students, directing officials to use alternative disciplinary practices instead. The packed...
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War on Drugs: The ‘Wobbler’ Option
Simple possession of small amounts of methamphetamine — enough for personal use but presumably not for dealing — is a “wobbler” in California, meaning that offenses can be charged as either felonies or...
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Californians Would Go Further than Gov. Brown to Cut Prison Crowding
Most California voters are willing to take more drastic steps than Gov. Jerry Brown favors to reduce prison crowding, including the early release of nonviolent offenders, but they don’t want to...
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California Cites ‘Massive Prisoner Release’ in Supreme Court Appeal
Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City last year use the prison yard. (Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times) California lawyers late Friday filed the state’s full appeal to the U.S. Supreme...
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Feds Probe LA County Jails, Again
Federal authorities have opened a civil rights probe into whether Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have engaged in a pattern of abuse of inmates, according to a letter sent to county officials...
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Gov. Jerry Brown Wins Big on Prison Crowding Compromise
The compromise plan to reduce prison crowding is a significant victory for Gov. Jerry Brown, whether a three-judge federal panel accepts it or not. Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)...
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Stopping Our Prisons’ Revolving Door
Inmates at the Marine Technology Training Center, part of the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), of the California Institution for Men state prison in Chino, California. Photos: Patrick T....
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