NOV. 28, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Gov. Jerry Brown’s prison realignment involves diverting lesser offenders to county jail instead of state prisons. But due to a history of bad choices by policy makers, not due to realignment per se, it will end up part of the existing revolving-door system of...
Posts Tagged ‘prisons’Prison Realignment Is a CharadeMonday, November 28th, 2011State Nurse Injects $269,810 IncomeWednesday, October 26th, 2011John Seiler: Now this is sick. Reports Bloomberg: Jean Keller earned $269,810 last year working as a nurse at a men’s prison on California’s central coast by tripling her regular pay with overtime hours. Keller got more overtime in 2010 than any other state employee. In all, Californiaâ... Your Tax Money Stays in VegasThursday, August 4th, 2011 John Seiler: The state is broke and cutting budgets sharply. Yet the prison guards are heading for a high time in Vegas -- at the taxpayers' expense. Reports the State Worker: The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has set aside about $350,000 to pay several hundred corrections offic... $700K State Salaries Bust BudgetWednesday, July 6th, 2011 JUNE 6, 2011 He’s not a Nobel Prize-winning physician. He’s not the founder of a life science company. He’s not even a Hollywood plastic surgeon. Yet he earned an enviable $777,423 last year. He’s a doctor at High Desert State Prison in Susanville -- a California public employee. And h... Does Prison Decision Violate States’ Rights?Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 MAY 25, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, effectively putting the federal courts in charge of California prisons, directly involved the question of states' rights. The decision, Brown vs. Plata, mandated that from 38,000 to 46,000 must be released because overc... Court Decision Could Spur Prison ReformMonday, May 23rd, 2011 MAY 23, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating California state prison reductions must lead to long-needed reforms. The decision upheld a lower court ruling that from 38,000 to 46,000 must be released due to overcrowding that violated the Eight Amendment's ban on "cr... Lindsay Lohan Given Absurd SentenceThursday, May 12th, 2011 MAY 12, 2011 By JOHN SEILER One thing I'd like to know is how many millions of our tax dollars the government spent to convict beautiful actress Lindsay Lohan of petty theft. You know they spent that much because the government didn't want an O.J. Simpson situation in which they lose a high-pr... Brown Ignores Will of Voters on TaxesThursday, April 14th, 2011 APRIL 14, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Apparently California Gov. Jerry Brown and his staff follow Calwatchdog.com, but not necessarily the will of the people of California. Gov. Brown issued a curious statement at a press conference held Wednesday in Sacramento to pitch his tax plan that the “... Guards Imprison Gov. BrownTuesday, April 12th, 2011 APRIL 12, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Call me a bleeding heart, but I think prisoners should be treated humanely. In most American prisons, they're treated like animals -- actually, the ASPCA would get anyone who treated animals like that arrested for cruelty. But given that prisons are run by gove... Assembly OKs Prisoner DumpFriday, March 18th, 2011 MARCH 18, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS On a straight party-line vote, California Assembly Democrats approved a public safety bill on Thursday that Republicans warned will dump inmates out of overcrowded state prisons and into overcrowded county jails -- or release the prisoners early. "As a mother ... |