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PrisonMovement

http://prisonmovement.wordpress.com/

News Blog on our Nations Criminal Justice/Prison system

• Added on: Jun 28th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Carol Leonard
• Listed in: Law & Legal Political Activism
• Tags: death penalty criminal justice prison issues prison reform justice & law sentencing reform

Recent Posts

• San Quentin State Prison- Locked Down

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 12:26 in search, prison, incarceration, california news, corrections, inmates, shakedown, prison issues, contraband, lockdowns, corrections correctional officers, prisons and prisoners

  From: PacoVilla’s CCPOA Blog Thursday, December 17, 2009 San Quentin on lockdown for shakedown! One who would know advises the Q went on lockdown yesterday, ostensibly owing to credible information indicating a firearm(s) may be under inmate ...

• Just A Guy- Prison report: Finally, some truth

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 10:52 in Government, law, justice, release, california news, rehabilitation, corrections, criminal justice, inmates, prison issues, probation parole, corrections correctional officers

  By Just A Guy Editors note: Just a guy was recently released from a California state prison. For the past year, he covered the prison system from the inside, and continues to comment on prisons, crime and law-enforcement issues. Kudos to the Orange C...

• Report: Inmate lawsuits cost Calif. big money

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 06:39 in law, justice, incarceration, california news, corrections, criminal justice, inmates, prison issues, prison reform, corrections correctional officers, prisons and prisoners, state budget money

  The Associated Press Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 California has paid $108 million for experts and lawyers for inmates in 12 major lawsuits over a 12-year period, a state watchdog reported Thursday. That does not include the state’s own legal costs ...

• California Correctional officers win furlough lawsuit

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 18:35 in jobs, Government, law, california news, corrections, furloughs, prison issues, ccpoa, cdcr, corrections correctional officers, state budget money, california department of corrections cdcr

  By Jon Ortiz Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 pm An Alameda Superior Court judge has ruled that furloughs Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered are illegal for state prison officers whose pay is reduced but who have to wait to take the time off. The order by Ju...

• Report: California’s inmates still dying from treatable conditions

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 18:45 in health, Government, human rights, incarceration, california news, health and medicine, corrections, criminal justice, inmates, prison issues, prisoner abuse, corrections correctional officers

  AP Photo Correctional officers stand watch over an inmate receiving treatment in the emergency room at California State Prison, Corcoran, in Corcoran, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. A federal court-appointed receiver says the state needs to pay $...

• Arpaio, Unfazed by Prior Lawsuits, Will Force Jail Inmates to Listen to Christmas Music All Day Long

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 09:10 in human rights, civil rights, inmates, prison issues, corrections correctional officers, prisons and prisoners

  By James King It seems as though America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” can’t live without hearing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in his jails this holiday season. Sheriff Joe, despite being sued six times in the ...

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