July 19, 2011
“Just how powerful is California’s prison guards union?”
Police have a prominent role in society – the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly. And one group of law enforcement officers also have a lot of political sway.>
From Jerry Brown’s successful campaign for governor, to California’s Three Strikes Law, to the state’s Proposition 9, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) are a powerful lobbying group. They’re also known as the “prison guards union.” In 2010 alone, they spent over $1 million in lobbying political parties.
For more on the prison guards’ union, KALW’s criminal justice editor Rina Palta joined Hana Baba in the studio...
LINK - KALWNews.org
