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The Governor, The Supreme Court And The CA Jails Problem

The latest round of litigation in the California jail realignment program relates to the state wanting to move disabled offenders back into state prisons.

Jails were never designed to hold inmates for more than 12 months at a time and because of that, their facilities are far more limited than those that were built to house people for years at a time.

But before we get ahead of ourselves, maybe we should start at the beginning.

Several years back the US Supreme Court ordered the vastly overcrowded CA prisons to cut their population in a very big way.  In theory it was …

By |June 11th, 2014|National|Comments Off on The Governor, The Supreme Court And The CA Jails Problem
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Dutch Jails Say They Don’t Have Enough Inmates

Now this is a problem you don't generally hear about: especially since most jails throughout the globe are saying they're operating at overcapacity and there isn't any more room at the inn.

Dutch jails, however, say their inmate population has dwindled to the extent that there are now more guards than there are detainees.

On one hand, violent crime rates are falling, they said, but on the other, some have questioned whether jail sentences for violent offenders are a bit too light.

In the past six years, the county of more than 17 million had its inmate population drop from 15,000 to …

By |April 14th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Dutch Jails Say They Don’t Have Enough Inmates
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Profiting From Prisoners

Private prisons first made an appearance in 1984 and quickly began to grow over the next two decades.

While there are many who believe that private prison systems can reduce the cost of housing inmates for state budgets, there are others who feel that it is a corrupt system that does nothing more than work to make a profit instead of working to rehabilitate prisoners.

Back in August, we took a look at the For Profit Caging of America.

Here is another infographic look at the numbers and who profits in the private prison system in America.

By |March 4th, 2014|Infographic|Comments Off on Profiting From Prisoners
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    US Supreme Court Will Not Hear California Prison Crowding Case

US Supreme Court Will Not Hear California Prison Crowding Case

California Gov. Jerry Brown may have thrown his final Hail Mary, but the US Supreme Court has said they have no intention of rehearing the California prison crowding case.

As it stands, state detention centers will need to release upward of 10,000 inmates before the year is thorough.  This, according to sources, is to ensure prisons are operating at no more than 140% of their rated capacity.

Legislators and law enforcement officials from throughout California are now scrambling to make it work. In 2011, the state shifted low-level, non-serious and non-sexual offenders from prisons to county jail.  It was a proverbial …

By |October 23rd, 2013|News|Comments Off on US Supreme Court Will Not Hear California Prison Crowding Case
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    CA Cracks Down On Sex Offenders Who Tamper With Their GPS Devices

CA Cracks Down On Sex Offenders Who Tamper With Their GPS Devices

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed strict legislation in hopes of protecting California residents from sexual predators.

Law enforcement officials have pointed out that removing or tampering with GPS monitoring devises is a crime.  Until now, though, this offense has largely been ignored.   Legislators wanted to make sure the practice would not continue.
The new law, which was sponsored by Sen. Ted Lieu, requires that these criminals spend the duration of their parole period behind bars.   They'll also be sentenced to an additional six months for the crime.

The bill was introduced after a Los Angeles-based newspaper reported a sharp spike in the …

By |October 22nd, 2013|Los Angeles Bail Bonds|Comments Off on CA Cracks Down On Sex Offenders Who Tamper With Their GPS Devices
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Captured 36 Years After Escape

You can run but you can't hide.

California prison officials have confirmed that a man who escaped from custody more than 30 years ago has been captured and returned to custody.  The former fugitive, Michael Morrow, was first detained in 1977 and sentenced on an armed robbery charge.

Morrow, now 70, was taken into custody in his Arkansas home earlier this week.  The arrest took place without incident.

A spokesperson for the CA prison system said he had been serving time at a facility just east of Los Angeles.

Court records show a judge ordered him to serve five years to life on …

By |October 9th, 2013|The Illegal & Unlawful|Comments Off on Captured 36 Years After Escape
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Can A Deal Be Reached To Reduce California Prison Overcrowding?

A source within the state legislature has confirmed that lawmakers have a plan to reduce over-crowed conditions within California's prisons.

As it stands, elected officials intend to request that the year-end deadline to trim an additional 10,000 inmates be extended.

Some believe the reduction could be safely reached through a variety of rehabilitation programs- but only if the state is (more…)

By |September 11th, 2013|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Can A Deal Be Reached To Reduce California Prison Overcrowding?
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State Senate Rejects Plan To Send CA Prisoners To Private Facilities

Gov. Jerry Brown is still trying to figure out how to deal with the state's overcrowded prisoner population.

As it stands, California is under court order to trim an additional 9,600 detainees from its prisons before the end of the year.   Sheriffs departments from all over the state are calling this a bad and dangerous move.

The best of the worst have already had their sentences trimmed, they said, and releasing nearly 10,000 felons onto the street will have a huge impact on public safety.

Brown's most recent plan involved (more…)

By |September 2nd, 2013|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on State Senate Rejects Plan To Send CA Prisoners To Private Facilities
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No End In Sight For California’s Prison Crisis

The ongoing flurry of lawsuits have have been filed against California's prisons are causing headaches all throughout the state.

For the past 25 years, inmate advocate groups have argued that the conditions are overcrowded, that medical care is sub-par at best and that because of this, detainees are being subject to cruel and unusual punishment.   They feel their Constitutional rights are being violated.

In 2011, the Supreme Court agreed, and ordered the state to reduce prisoner populations to no more than 137.5 percent of rated capacity.  At that time, the facilities were topping out at about two times the people they …

By |August 16th, 2013|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on No End In Sight For California’s Prison Crisis
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For Profit Caging of America: The Prison Industrial Complex

With state budgets becoming tighter, local governments are looking for new solutions to relieving the stress on their wallets.

One of the solutions that have been growing in popularity is the outsourcing of prison operations, passing the responsibility from the county to a private operator.

This might seem like a financially sensible plan, but there are a lot of factors that can make it one of the worst decisions for the safety of both the citizen population and the inmates.

Let's look at the infographic: The Prison Industrial Complex:

By |August 15th, 2013|Infographic|Comments Off on For Profit Caging of America: The Prison Industrial Complex
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