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Bakersfield parolee, registered sex offender missing 27 Aug 2013 | 04:37 am
A parolee and registered sex offender who failed to report to the parole office upon his release from custody is wanted. Local law enforcement is searching for 34-year-old Philip Foster Powell whose w...
Counties seek to reduce parolee re-offense rate 26 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
Ly is one of thousands of lower-level felons in California being supervised by local authorities instead of state parole officers under a recent law that overhauled the state’s criminal justice system...
State, prison guards reach deal on new contract 26 Aug 2013 | 04:36 am
Caifornia’s state prison officers will receive a 4 percent pay raise and earn overtime more easily under the terms of a tentative agreement reached with Gov. Jerry Brown. The deal also allows the stat...
Inconsistent Risk Assessments in CA Jails Obstruct Realignment Accountability 23 Aug 2013 | 04:08 am
California prison realignment transferred responsibility for non-serious inmates onto each county’s Community Corrections Partnership (CCP). Similar to data inconsistency from California’s local jails...
Historic Hunger Strike in California Prisons Continues 23 Aug 2013 | 04:07 am
Thursday marks the 46th day of a widespread hunger strike across California’s prison system. When the strike began on July 8, there were at least 30,000 inmates protesting what they saw as overly hars...
L.A. County Probation Department beefs up staff to handle release of state inmates 22 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
Los Angeles County probation officials said Tuesday plans to ramp up department operations in light of the influx of prisoners reassigned from state parole to the agency’s jurisdiction are moving in t...
Parolee leads police on chase that ends in Southcrest 22 Aug 2013 | 04:09 am
Bloody hands and a skinned raccoon led to the arrest of a California sex offender and parole violator in South Lake Tahoe. Police says 37-year-old Kevin Burroughs was arrested Monday after officers we...
County trying to deal with increased number of probationers 21 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am
AB 109 shifted responsibility for nonviolent convicted felons and parolee supervision from the state prison system to county resources. Since October 2011, when the bill went into effect, county offic...
Federal Realignment following California’s lead 14 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder released a three page memo and gave a landmark speech to the American Bar Association (ABA) outlining the Obama administration’s dramatic philosophical shift to...
Inmate chokes doctor at Northern California prison 14 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
Authorities say a Northern California prison doctor is recovering after an inmate attacked her. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement Tuesday that 61-year-old...
