CCPOA news
May 18, 2012
California legislators move to let law enforcement officers shield property records
California lawmakers took a major step Thursday toward carving an exception in public records law that they said would enhance the safety of peace officers, judges and other law enforcement personnel.
Without a dissenting vote, the Assembly passed legislation that would allow counties to create a program allowing law enforcement personnel to redact names from property records available to the public.
Assembly Bill 2299 passed the lower house, 68-0. It now goes to the Senate...
LINK - SacBee.com
May 17, 2012
2012 CCPOA Endorsement List
CCPOA's endorsement list of 2012 candidates by district. Districts highlighted in green represent districts that contain at least one CDCR institution.
May 17, 2012
2012 Intent to Run – Benefit Trust Fund
The 2012 Intent to Run form is now available for this year’s Executive Council Positions. The form must be returned to the CCPOA offices by July 11, 2012. Please see the form below for details. EC Intent to Run Form 2012...
May 17, 2012
2012 CCPOA Convention - New Information
Please view the flyer below for more information on the 2012 CCPOA Convention in Reno, Nevada...
May 17, 2012
New acting warden at VSPW
The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation announced Tuesday that Ron Davis has been appointed the acting warden of Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla.
The CDCR says prior to this assignment, Davis worked as the chief deputy warden at Avenal State Prison in Kings County. He began his career as a correctional officer in Salinas in 1994...
LINK - KMPH.com
May 17, 2012
SC Senate approves pension reform plan
The South Carolina Senate on Wednesday approved a pension reform plan that puts most of the changes on new employees.
Sen. Greg Ryberg said the bill shores up the state retirement system, ensuring workers receive checks decades from now, in a way that honors promises to current employees, thereby avoiding a lawsuit. Advocates for public workers have praised the Senate's plan.
"I feel confident from a legal standpoint, we're on firm ground," said Ryberg, R-Aiken, who led a panel that put together the plan...
LINK - CBSNews.com
May 16, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown backtracks on plan to phase out the state’s youth prison system
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...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
May 16, 2012
Prison construction plan costly, unnecessary, analyst says
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...
LINK - LATimes.com
May 14, 2012
NBC Nightly News: Gov. Jerry Brown Proposes $8.3 Billion in Cuts
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May 14, 2012
Private-prison supervisors say CCA denied overtime
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...
LINK - TheTownTalk.com
