May 8, 2013 By John Seiler Who said California is running behind other states in creativity and innovation? The following story seems to come from The Onion. But it's from ABC News: "Four female correction officers were impregnated by the reported leader of a Maryland prison gang, which us...
Posts Tagged ‘prisons’CA gang runs MD prisonTuesday, May 7th, 2013CA gun control laws would not make us saferThursday, April 18th, 2013April 18, 2013 By Katy Grimes While the state of California has been letting thousands of criminals out of prison since 2009 under Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment law, California lawmakers are simultaneously proposing dozens of new gun control laws. Looked at separately, the two issues do... Brown and prisonsMonday, January 14th, 2013 Crazy! CA state psych jockey rakes in $822,302Wednesday, December 12th, 2012Dec. 12, 2012 By John Seiler All of California is an insane asylum. Bloomberg reports: "Mohammad Safi, a graduate of a medical school in Afghanistan, began working as a psychiatrist at a California mental hospital in 2006, making $90,682 in his first six months. Last year, he took home ... Fighting crime & overspendingSunday, December 2nd, 2012Dec. 2, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- For advocates of less-intrusive government, finding the good news in the recent election is like looking on the bright side after your house has been wiped out by a hurricane: You never did like that floor plan, anyway, and this seems like a great ... Court order means early release for California inmatesWednesday, August 15th, 2012Aug. 15, 2012 By Joseph Perkins California faces a Friday deadline to schedule the early release of hundreds, if not thousands, of state prison inmates. The deadline was imposed two weeks ago by a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which determined that the Golden St... Crime jumps as prisoners flood into county jailsFriday, July 13th, 2012July 13, 2012 By Dave Roberts California’s experiment in incarcerating tens of thousands of criminals in local jails or their homes rather than in state prisons is 10 months old, so the verdict is not yet in on whether it’s been a success or failure. But if Kern County’s experience is an... More Inmates today in US Prisons than in Stalin’s GulagSunday, March 25th, 2012John Seiler: Incredible. America now has more people in its stuffed prisons, 6 million, than were stuck in Stalin's gulag prison system. Reports Fareed Zakaria on CNN.com: "Is this hyperbole? Here are the facts. The U.S. has 760 prisoners per 100,000 citizens. That’s not just many more than i... Prisoner RealignmentMonday, December 26th, 2011 Stealth Bonds Building New PrisonsFriday, December 16th, 2011DEC. 16, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Welcome to pilotless California Budget Airlines Flight 22, a drone aircraft on total autopilot, departing from Sacramento and arriving back at Sacramento after hovering in circles for hours. But can it land safety in a budget storm with major malfunctions whil... |