Responding to pressure from probation chiefs, district attorneys and prison guards, Gov. Jerry Brown has done an about-face on a revolutionary plan to shutter California's youth prison system that was once the nation's largest -- and arguably the most notorious.

Just four months ago, a small section buried in the governor's belt-tightening budget caused a massive stir in the juvenile justice world. With annual costs per inmate at about $200,000 and its population down 90 percent from peak years, the youth prison system should stop accepting serious and violent youthful offenders beginning next year, the Brown administration concluded...

The Legislative Analyst's Office issued a report on Wednesday criticizing the Brown administration's plan to overhaul California's prison system.

The plan, announced last month, is intended to save billions of dollars by closing a prison, shifting staff members and returning inmates housed out of state. The administration also wants to renovate and add to existing facilities.

Although the Legislative Analyst's Office said the plan "merits consideration," it said the state will end up facing high costs despite decreasing prison capacity...

A group of shift supervisors at a private prison in central Kentucky has sued Corrections Corporation of America, alleging the company forced them to work extra hours and denied them overtime.

The six current and former CCA employees at the Marion Adjustment Center in St. Mary's who filed suit also said the Nashville, Tenn.-based private prison giant denied them meal and rest breaks, and required employees to attend training sessions without pay.

Attorney Tom Miller of Lexington told The Associated Press that the lawsuit may also affect employees of two other CCA prisons in Kentucky — the Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville and Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright...

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) is proud to launch today its new website, www.nccdglobal.org, which features the new report "Prison Bed Profiteers: How Corporations Are Reshaping Criminal Justice in the U.S." The report details how private prison corporations are derailing public safety and long-term, sustainable criminal justice reform.

NCCD President Alex Busansky sees NCCD's new website as a key way for audiences to understand the breadth of NCCD's vision and action toward social justice. "For 107 years NCCD has advocated for fair and equitable justice systems through research, and our new report is part of that proud tradition. Our new website also makes it easier for constituents to learn about and access NCCD's expertise and publications in child welfare, juvenile justice, criminal justice, analytics, education, adult protection, and more...

On 5/8/12 at 12:07 am, Walnut Creek Police Officers contacted four suspicious persons in a parking lot near Vice Ultra Lounge. Upon contact one subject (later identified as Pittsburg resident Terrance Hornbeck) ran from the officers and discarded a loaded firearm. Officers caught Hornbeck who began to fight with them. Officers used a taser to stop Hornbeck and he was taken into custody. The firearm, with an illegal high capacity magazine, was recovered.

Another subject (later identified as Hercules resident David Gideon) was arrested for an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation...

Responding to a tip, Kings County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a wanted parolee Friday after he was found to be in possession of salable amounts of methamphetamine.

Brandon Kaiserman, 32, was arrested Friday at a home in the 10000 block of Jensen Street in Armona after deputies searched a home and discovered him sleeping on the living room floor and took him into custody without incident. Kaiserman was booked into Kings County Jail on the parole hold and charged with selling illegal narcotics...

Police recovered a stolen 9mm Glock handgun from the roof of a carport in east-central Fresno Monday night after catching up with a parolee who tossed the weapon while running from officers, authorities said.

The chase began about 8 p.m. when officers saw two men loitering in a parking lot and turned around to check on them, police Sgt. James Fowler said. Both men began to run and one of them threw something as he took flight. A witness directed officers to the carport, where the weapon was recovered...

Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Friday they say broke into a home in April and tried to sexually assault a teenage girl.

Deputies responded about 3:55 a.m. on April 28 to a report of the alleged attempted attack at a home in the 1800 block of Estero Court in San Jacinto. The 16-year-old victim told deputies that a man broke into the home and tried to sexually assault her, according to a news release issued by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The girl resisted the man and he fled. She told deputies she recognized him as a handyman named "Juan" who had worked at her home in the past...

Pismo Beach police arrested a Fresno parolee after he led them on a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 101 on Monday morning.

The pursuit began when police responding to a report of a stolen vehicle spotted Shane Calhoun, 23, driving the car northbound on Price Street. When officers attempted to pull Calhoun over, he sped onto northbound U.S. Highway 101, at times reaching speeds of more than 120 mph...

Thirty years ago, the state spent three percent of its general fund dollars on corrections and prisons. Today it spends more than 11 percent – that’s $10 billion running the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

In 2011, when Governor Brown took office, he inherited a massive corrections problem. The state's 33 prisons were at nearly 200 percent capacity, and the recidivism rate was running at 70 percent. The federal courts stepped in and ordered California to reduce its overcrowded prisons by more than 30,000 people...