Drugs
February 1, 2012
Deputy punched, suspect Tasered
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a parolee on drug and other charges on Tuesday after he punched a deputy and had to be subdued with a Taser, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies were sent to a report of a possibly wanted male sitting in his car and smoking drugs on Newlyn Street in North Salinas...
LINK - TheCalifornian.com
February 1, 2012
Parolee booked for having drugs, stolen property
A parolee was booked into County Jail Tuesday after an officer found him with stolen property and methamphetamine, police said.
Christopher Page, 33, was seen by an officer acting suspiciously over by Laurel and Center streets late Tuesday afternoon. Page fled when the officer tried to contact him and he was eventually apprehended by the river levee. Officers found him in possession of a file of paperwork that had been stolen from a local title office. He also had a credit card belonging to someone other than himself and had an identification card belonging to yet another person, Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Steve Clark said. Officers also found hydrocodone in Page's possession...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
February 1, 2012
Redding parolee crashes, keeps going with toddler in car, police say
A 39-year-old Redding parolee was arrested today on suspicion of child abuse and drug charges after he crashed his car and allegedly drove off with his 2-year-old daughter inside.
Around 11 a.m., James Richard Atkinson Jr. was driving erratically when he crashed his 2001 Suzuki Esteem into a car near the intersection of Park Marina Drive and South Street, Redding police say...
LINK - Redding.com
January 27, 2012
Man arrested on suspicion of drugs
A 30-year-old man on parole was arrested at about 2:35 a.m. Friday on the 900 block of Main Street on suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance, police said.
Kurt Breiten, a known parolee with no fixed address, was standing near a vehicle in a parking lot on Main street, police said. Police found a small quantity of suspected methamphetamine in the vehicle, authorities said....
LINK - NapaValleyRegister.com
January 27, 2012
Skinheads arrested after chance encounter with deputies
Two white supremacist gang members — one a parolee at large — were arrested as authorities investigated what first appeared to be a vehicle burglary, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said Friday.
Hesperia SMASH Gang Team members on Thursday arrested transient Jeremy Hagen, 31, and Glenn Petrak, also 31, of Victorville after Petrak was found allegedly trying to break into a vehicle in the 13000 block of Trona Court.
At about 3 p.m., officials spotted Petrak outside a vehicle, according to Susan Rose, spokeswoman for the Hesperia station. It turned out Petrak — a documented skinhead gang member on parole — was working on the vehicle, she said....
LINK - HesperiaStar.com
January 26, 2012
Pair arrested on drug, weapons charges in Santa Rosa
A Santa Rosa gang member, out of prison on parole, was back in custody Wednesday after police detectives found he was carrying a gun and drugs for sale.
Mario Ochoa Gonzalez, 26, was known to police as a parolee and a gang member, reported Sgt. Ray Navarro.
Gonzalez was seen driving Wednesday in Santa Rosa, followed by a car also registered to him...
LINK - PressDemocrat.com
January 25, 2012
Parolee arrested in Santa Cruz on suspicion of possessing drugs, firearm
A 28-year-old man was arrested after officers conducting a parole compliance search turned up ammunition, a firearm and drugs, according to Sheriff's deputy April Skalland.
Officers conducted the search at the Santa Cruz residence of Daniel James Mendoza just before 1 p.m. Tuesday. Mendoza was suspected of being under the influence when officers arrived at the residence...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
January 23, 2012
Parolee and Companion Arrested, Guns and Drugs Seized
Two men were arrested in Milpitas this week, and police officers seized firearms, other illegal weapons and drugs in their possession.
On Tuesday, Jan. 17 at approximately 11:06 a.m., Milpitas Police officers performed a traffic stop on the 900 block of Jacklin Road. The vehicle they stopped contained 53-year-old Johnny Munoz of Milpitas - a former convicted felon out on parole - and 21-year-old Ramon Garcia, a transient...
LINK - Milpitas.Patch.com
January 16, 2012
Cutler parolee sought in drug possession
Tulare County sheriff's detectives are looking for a Cutler parolee after they said a search Friday evening found an ounce of methamphetamine in his home.
The suspect, Angel Alonzo, is also believed to be sought by the California Department of Corrections, according to reports filed with the Tulare County Sheriff's Department...
January 13, 2012
Parolee arrested in connection with drug violations
A 49-year-old man on California State parole was arrested at about 4 a.m. Thursday at Walmart Supercenter in American Canyon on suspicion of being under the influence, according to the American Canyon Police Department.
An officer at Walmart investigating another case found Kenneth Gatchek, of Benicia, displaying symptoms of being under the influence, acting erratically, sweating profusely and jerking his arms around, American Canyon Police Chief Jean Donaldson said...
LINK - NapaValleyRegister.com
January 9, 2012
Parolee and Woman Arrested in Corcoran on Drug Charges & Child Endangerment
On Friday, Corcoran PD detectives assisted California Department of Corrections state parole agents with checking an apartment in the 2500 block of Hanna Avenue for a parolee who was out of compliance with his conditions of parole.
Officers searched the apartment and the parolee, 25-year-old Kyle Leon Gear, was found inside his bedroom, with 27-year-old Nahiely Diaz. Two other people were contacted inside the living room of the apartment, identified as 25-year-old Robert Rogers and 29-year-old Jessica Rogers. Six children were inside the apartment ranging in age from 6-months-old to 5-years-old...
LINK - KSEE24.com
December 28, 2011
Motel Room Mini-Siege Yields Entirely Predictable Result, Plus Pot Poundage
On Sunday, December 25, 2011, at approximately 11:20 pm, Officers contacted and arrested 35 year old James Bauer of Arcata for a felony warrant for Parole Violation. That arrest led to a room at a Motel on Valley West Blvd. In their subsequent investigation, APD Officers contacted and detained an associate of Bauer’s; 21 year old Jarame Johnson of McKinleyville. Officers determined that Bauer and two associates were renting a room at the motel and were suspected of sales of controlled substances.
Agents from the California Department of Corrections, Eureka Parole Office were contacted and instructed the Officers to search the motel room. The room had been locked from the inside and the occupant did not cooperate when the Officers announced their presence and asked for them to open the door...
LINK - ArcataEye.com
December 25, 2011
American Canyon woman arrested on suspicion of possessing heroin
An American Canyon woman was arrested Friday evening for having outstanding warrants and allegedly possessing a small amount of heroin, police said.
Based on an anonymous tip, American Canyon police learned that Tracy L. Scroggins, 36, was at a residence in the 100 block of Renwood Lane and had outstanding warrants from Solano County and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sgt. Mike Milat said...
LINK - NapaValleyRegister.com
December 21, 2011
Richmond police seize 9 pounds of cocaine
Richmond police say they have seized 9 pounds of cocaine with a street value of more than $800,000 as part of an investigation that also included three arrests.
The drugs were found along with $335,000 and a firearm during searches of four homes—three in Richmond and one in Alameda—last week. Police announced the seizures on Tuesday...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
November 12, 2011
Three arrested on narcotics charges
Members of the Paradise Police Department assisted California Department of Corrections on a parole compliance check Wednesday morning at the home of Debra Barnett, who was on parole for an assault with a deadly weapons conviction.
On arrival, officers located five adults and a 17-month-old female juvenile living at the residence. Officer Wright utilized his partner Lucy, a narcotics detection K-9, to conduct a search of the common areas of the Barnett residence...
LINK - ParadisePost.com
November 11, 2011
Convicted drug dealer arrested in San Diego
A convicted drug dealer who was allowed by Guam courts to visit her ailing mother in the mainland was arrested in California for burglary and check forgery.
Joann Conception Fajardo, 43, is being held in the Las Colinas Detention Facility after being picked up at the Los Angeles airport on Oct. 12, according to District Court of Guam documents.
Fajardo was arrested on a five-year-old warrant out of San Diego, which couldn't be acted upon until she returned to California...
LINK - Guampdn.com
November 11, 2011
Ripon Police arrest parolee-at-large at truck stop
Ripon officers arrested a parolee-at-large Tuesday morning after seeing a suspicious black Honda near the fuel islands at the Flying J Truck Stop on Jack Tone Road and Highway 99 with a fake, outdated license registration.
Jimmie Lee Henson, Jr., 47, of Stockton was arrested on a “no bail” at large warrant and transported to the San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp.
Officers questioned a female passenger, Bobbie Jean Hook, 33, of Modesto who was booked on a felony drug possession charge along with a drug paraphernalia charge, police said...
LINK - MantecaBulletin.com
October 19, 2011
Gang member escaped O.C. drug rehab center and shot rival
A suspected Santa Ana gang member who allegedly escaped from a drug rehab facility and shot a rival has been charged with attempted murder, authorities said
Santa Ana police are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of two others connected to the shooting, which took place in August.
Bryant Islas, 28, a parolee, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in the case. Islas was on parole at a state-contracted residential drug rehabilitation center at the time of the shooting...
LINK - LATimes.com
October 15, 2011
Parolee arrested for allegedly obtaining a controlled substance fraudulently
A parolee was arrested at about 7:15 a.m. on Saturday in the 1000 block of Trancas Street on suspicion of using a false name and Social Security number to obtain controlled substances, according to the Napa Police Department.
Police identified the suspect as Myers Monigan, 42, of Santa Rosa...
LINK - NapaValleyRegister.com
October 14, 2011
Early morning arrest on Blosser Lane
Mendocino County sheriff's deputies stopped a vehicle being driven on Blosser Lane at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. The driver was known to deputies as a parolee with a warrant.
When deputies pulled the vehicle over they arrested Jesse Wolf, 25, of Willits on a parole-hold warrant. A search of vehicle yielded a hypodermic syringe containing morphine and a methamphetamine.
Wolf's passenger, Brittney Bouley, 24, of Willits, was cited for being under the influence of a controlled substance and then released...
LINK - WillitsNews.com
October 10, 2011
Fortuna police arrest parolee in stolen car with 18 grams of meth
Fortuna police arrested a Eureka parolee Sunday after he was stopped in a stolen vehicle and threw nearly eight grams of methamphetamine out of the window.
Officers arrested Jason David Johnson, 27, after a search of his vehicle revealed an additional 10.6 grams of methamphetamine packaged for sale and several prescription medications, which were also packaged for sale, according to the Fortuna Police Department. Officers also found that Johnson was a wanted parolee, according to police...
LINK - Times-Standard.com
October 6, 2011
KSBY Exclusive: CMC contraband search filmed for first time ever
69 grams of tobacco and about three grams of methamphetamine were seized in San Luis Obispo early Tuesday evening, but it wasn't on the streets or even in someone's house. Instead, it was inside a place that is supposed to be clean.
It's one of California's best-known medium-security prisons; at California Men's Colony, even the simplest things can be dangerous, and therefore, forbidden.
But it doesn't mean they aren't there. KSBY News cameras got unprecedented, exclusive access to CMC during a search for contraband early Tuesday evening...
LINK - KSBY.com
October 3, 2011
Vallejo police arrest parolee on drug charges
Vallejo police arrested a 32-year-old parolee Friday after allegedly finding drugs in his car.
At about 11 p.m., an officer pulled over the car in the area of Sonoma Boulevard and Sereno Drive...
LINK - TimesHeraldOnline.com
October 3, 2011
Sex offender, drug dealer to be released from prison, sent to Glenn County
A registered sex offender and a man convicted of selling drugs will be the first two parolees to come back to Glenn County under California's prisoner realignment program.
The inmates will be released from state prison today, and will have 48 hours to report to probation officials, said Glenn County Chief Probation Officer Brandon Thompson.
Under a program established by Assembly Bill 109, and formally known as "post-release community supervision," low-level inmates from 30 state prisons will be released to county probation, where they'll complete their parolee time...
LINK - ChicoER.com
September 30, 2011
Tennessee: CCA guard charged for drugs
A corrections officer is now behind bars inside the very prison where she works. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department has charged 20-year-old officer Jesse Wedell with smuggling marijuana into Silverdale.
Wedell sat in a jail cell, likely second guessing her risky move early Thursday morning.The Hamilton County Sheriff's department says Wedell hid about three quarters of an ounce of marijuana in her private area...
LINK - NewsChannel9.com
September 26, 2011
Parolee at large, accomplice arrested after short chase
A parolee at large and his accomplice are behind bars after Victorville SMASH Gang Team members found drugs and a firearm in their vehicle, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Victorville station officials said Saturday.
Parolee at large Ricardo Quintana, 32, of Adelanto, and Cody Cazares, 25, of Hesperia, were arrested for a variety of charges including transportation of drugs and possession of methamphetamine. Gang enhancements will be sought, according to a news release.
SMASH team members had served a search warrant at the Queen’s Motel on Thursday night when they learned a drug transaction was going to take place later that night in the 16200 block of Bear Valley Road, officials said...
LINK - VVDailyPress.com
September 25, 2011
Nevada County man killed in standoff with SWAT team identified
A Nevada County man killed in a standoff by a member of the Sheriff's Department SWAT team has been identified as John Salazar, 53, a parolee with prior felony convictions on drug, weapons and assault charges, law enforcement officials said today.
The episode began as a domestic violence call about 12:30 p.m. Saturday three miles east of Lake of the Pines, Sheriff's Capt. Jeff Powell said.
After several hours of being unable to establish communication with the suspect, Powell said he gave the order for the SWAT team to enter the home at 3:30 p.m...
LINK - SacBee.com
September 16, 2011
Parolee-at-Large Arrested After Attempted Drug Sale in Soquel
A man was arrested outside of Panda Express on 41st Avenue in Soquel on Thursday at 10:28 a.m. after he attempted to sell drugs to employees at Benjamin Moore Paints.
The man, identified by the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office as Rodney Lee Bigler, 54, of Inglewood, entered the bathroom of the store before approaching the counter to ask employees if they wanted to buy marijuana, according to store employee Tom King.
Sheriffs chased Bigler, who was hiding in a small shack next to the paint store, across 41st Avenue to the Panda Express parking lot where he was handcuffed and placed into custody...
LINK - Capitola.Patch.com
September 16, 2011
Parolee arrested in Willits motel for drug sales
A routine parole check of a parolee staying at a Willits motel led to his arrest September 7 for violating parole and various drug charges.
Deputies visited Ronnie Ira Pack Salamone, 23, of Willits, at 5 p.m. in his room at the Western Village Inn. A search turned up 80 methadone pills, several other prescription drugs, marijuana and scales covered in marijuana bud juice...
LINK - WillitsNews.com
September 13, 2011
Vallejo parolee facing drug charges after American Canyon police stop his vehicle
September 9, 2011
Former inmate caught smuggling cell phones, chargers, heroin, meth, SD cards, etc into New Folsom
Two men, including a former inmate, were arrested earlier this week for attempting to introduce contraband into California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom.
On Sunday, Aug. 28, the Investigative Services Unit at the prison arrested two men suspected of delivering contraband to inmates inside the facility, said Sgt. Tony Quinn, public information officer at California State Prison, Sacramento.
Harley Schroeder, 29, a former inmate, was allegedly attempting to deliver contraband inside the prison when he was arrested by prison officials at 12:10 a.m...
LINK - EDHTelegraph.com
September 2, 2011
Manteca Police arrest two men after finding guns and marijuana
An early Thursday morning traffic stop by Manteca Police yielded one parolee, another man on searchable probation, with two guns, ammunition, burglary tools, plastic gloves, drugs and binoculars that sent both men to jail.
Officer Aaron Montoya made the stop on Highway 120 near Airport Way at about 2:30 a.m. He was soon backed up by officers Mark Rangel and Kirk Doty, according to police spokesman officer Jason Hensley...
LINK - MantecaBulletin.com
September 1, 2011
Two arrested in meth investigation
At 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, members of the California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team conducted a traffic stop on a 2001 PT Cruiser.
The driver, Chris Gutierrez, 46, was driving on a suspended license and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Officers arrested Gutierrez and searched him, his vehicle and residence.
More than 32 grams of methamphetamine and evidence of drug sales...
LINK - Bakersfield.com
August 30, 2011
Avenal correctional staff intercept cellphones, tobacco, etc
Staff at Avenal State Prison last week found cellphones, cellphone batteries and chargers and tobacco after a sergeant noticed a security fence breach on the south of the facility.
The discovery on Friday came one day after a key legislative committee approved Senate Bill 26, which would criminalize smuggling wireless devices into prison facilities.
According to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the discovery netted two bags filled with...
LINK - SacBee.com
August 26, 2011
Police canine locates meth that leads to arrest of Manteca parolee
The use of a Manteca Police Department drug dog by the Street Crimes Unit detectives Thursday morning located methamphetamine in a home in the 3300 block of Lathrop Road near where it intersects with London Avenue.
Officers were assisted by a state parole agent when the dog led them to the drugs in a closet of the suspect’s bedroom in the three bedroom residence, according to public information officer Jason Hensley...
LINK - MantecaBulletin.com
August 17, 2011
Dos Palos police seek couple who may be leaving state
Dos Palos police are looking for a couple who they believe are attempting to flee the state with their children, who were in custody of Merced County Social Services.
Police believe Amanda and Mickey Ray have their children, a 3-year-old boy and an 18-month- old girl. Officers don't believe the parents would intentionally hurt the children, but cite a history of drug abuse and other crimes as the reason for their concern...
LINK - MercedSunStar.com
August 15, 2011
35-year-old parolee-at-large and 34-year-old girlfriend arrested for possession of drugs
A parolee-at-large and his girlfriend were arrested in the parking lot of the Fallbrook Library on Thursday, August 11 for possession of illegal drugs and stolen property.
At approximately 1:11 p.m., Raul Rios, 35, was driving a 1992 blue Chevrolet Camaro with two passengers – his girlfriend, Adriana Garcia, 34, and a 23-year old Hispanic woman - when he was recognized as a parolee-at-large by Sheriff's Deputy Mark Cahill. After Cahill stopped the vehicle and proceeded to take Rios into custody, he called for a Sheriff's canine team to respond to the scene for assistance...
LINK - TheVillageNews.com
August 11, 2011
TEMECULA: Man had guns, drugs, police radio codes
After arresting a Temecula parolee, Riverside County Sheriff's deputies searched his home, finding drugs, guns, a system for monitoring police, and a gas mask, a news release said Thursday.
The Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau arrested Michael Ortiz, 32, about 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Temecula Police Department's Special Enforcement Team then used a warrant to search his home in the 29600 block of Monte Verde...
LINK - PE.com
July 31, 2011
Parolee arrested with stolen goods, meth at Santa Cruz motel
Officers arrested a parolee at a Santa Cruz motel Saturday night after finding methamphetamine and stolen property in his room.
Benjamin Jaime Dess, 24, a transient, had 5 grams of methamphetamine, Vicodin, stolen electronic devices and about $2,500 in cash when officers contacted him at the motel, police Lt. Larry Richard said...
LINK - SantaCruzSentinel.com
May 3, 2011
Woman arrested for bringing drugs into Corcoran prison
A visit to California State Prison Corcoran was cut short Sunday when investigators smelled marijuana on a woman as she passed through security, a prison spokeswoman said.
Tisha Diane Holt was found with more than 2 ounces of concentrated marijuana hidden in her belongings. She consented to a search by prison staff and was arrested when they found the drugs, prison spokeswoman Teresa Cisneros said.
Holt, a certified nursing assistant from Los Angeles, was booked into custody for suspicion of conspiring to commit a crime and seven narcotics-related charges, including a special allegation of supplying a controlled substance...
LINK - HanfordSentinel.com
April 26, 2011
Parolee busted wandering cemetery in g-string and Oakland Raiders jacket
A California man was arrested over the weekend after he was found wandering around in a cemetery wearing only an Oakland Raiders jacket, a g-string and a hair scrunchie.
The Lodi man, 42-year-old Shawn Batie was apprehended at the Cherokee Memorial Park around 9 p.m., and he was reportedly only wearing a jacket and socks, according to KCRA.
The report also states that, Batie had a hair scrunchie wrapped around his genitals and he was yelling when police arrived...
LINK - Examiner.com
April 25, 2011
Parolee caught hiding meth under bed
Red Bluff police Sunday evening arrested a parolee after watching him stash methamphetamine under a motel room bed.
Christopher Dee Rhoads, 31, was staying at the Classic Inn on Sunday, where police attempted to talk with him as part of an investigation.
Police said they knocked on Rhoads’ motel room door at about 8:24 p.m., got no answer and started walking away when they saw him run from another room into his. The officers, looking through a window, saw Rhoads hurrying to hide several things under the bed...
LINK - Redding.com
March 18, 2011
“Non-revocable” parolee caught with guns, drugs, etc
San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s narcotics detectives arrested a Paso Robles parolee on Wednesday afternoon after finding a gun, drugs and suspected stolen property in his storage unit in Templeton.
Nicholas Eugene Nocchi, 32, of Paso Robles also had a .357-caliber handgun in his possession, according to detectives. Nocchi is currently on non-revocable parole, which led to the search of the storage unit.
According to the State Parole Office in San Luis Obispo, non-revocable parole was passed by the state Legislature in October 2009 in order to relieve crowded prison conditions. Such a designation is reserved for those convicted of lesser felonies and, although such a condition means the felon is unsupervised, law enforcement can make random, unannounced searches at their discretion...
LINK - SanLuisObispo.com
February 18, 2011
DA: 5 gang members arrested in prison drug plot
California's attorney general says five reputed members of a Northern California white supremacist gang have been arrested for allegedly smuggling heroin-spiked envelopes into a state prison.
Attorney General Kamala Harris said three envelopes mailed to inmates at Susanville State Prison had nearly a gram of heroin hidden inside their glue strips.
She says the drug is worth $500 per gram inside prison, where it was allegedly used by members of the New Order gang as barter for other contraband or to curry favor with other gangs...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
September 30, 2010
Parolee found with drugs, guns in Apple Valley
Sheriff's deputies arrested a High Desert parolee Wednesday after they found him in possession of two handguns, methamphetamine, PCP and marijuana, sheriff's officials said.
Raymond Vargas, 33, of Apple Valley was a parolee who was wanted back into custody of law enforcement. They found the weapons and drugs after finding him in the 19000 block of Highway 18...
LINK - SBSun.com
September 7, 2010
Parolee Back in Jail After Drug Bust
Monterey County Sheriff's deputies arrested a parolee after a traffic stop revealed his expired registration.
Deputies said 52-year-old Paul Harris tried to hide a backpack under his car when they pulled him over.
Harris could not produce identification and then gave deputies a false name. Further investigation revealed Harris was a parolee at large with three warrants out for his arrest...
LINK - KIONRightNow.com
April 26, 2010
Infant removed from parolee’s home after found crawling near drugs
A routine parole check by four police officers last week led to the discovery of an infant boy crawling over his mother’s drug-addled torso near a syringe.
The four officers were working the weekly felony parole check detail in downtown Santa Barbara on a typically postcard-perfect “chamber of commerce” day on April 19, when they visited the residence of Judith Zamora Lopez just after noon.
Lopez was on parole for convictions relating to the prior use of controlled narcotic substances. The four officers entered her downtown apartment complex with the intention of interviewing her and ascertaining that she was abiding by the terms of her parole as she had for several prior months. But as they approached her apartment unit, they passed by her living room window and immediately observed Lopez sprawled on the living room couch, unmoving...
LINK - CrimeVoice.com
March 23, 2010
CCA jail officer accused of doctor shopping for drugs
A Hernando County Jail corrections officer faces charges of "doctor shopping" to obtain prescriptions for 2,100 tablets of the pain medication oxycodone.
Hernando sheriff's deputies arrested Chris Abare, 46, of Hudson on Tuesday for withholding information from physicians in Hernando and Pasco counties from whom he was receiving the prescriptions.
A report said that between July and January, Abare got prescriptions for more than 2,100 oxycodone tablets from nine doctors. Authorities said the doctors signed sworn statements saying that Abare failed to tell them he was receiving prescriptions from other physicians...
LINK - TampaBay.com
March 10, 2010
Manager of Sober Living Facility Convicted of Selling Drugs
District Attorney Bob Lee announced that Donald Carl Peter of Santa Cruz, age 48, was sentenced to one year in county jail following his guilty pleas last month to all counts charged: one felony count of possessing methamphetamine for sale, one felony count of maintaining a place for the sale and use of controlled substances, and one felony count of possession of a deadly weapon. Mr. Peter also admitted special allegations for serving a prison sentence in 1993 for possession of methamphetamine and having a prior transportation of methamphetamine conviction in 1998.
Mr. Peter was arrested in August 2009 after the Sheriff's Office Narcotics Enforcement Team received tips that Mr. Peter, the manager of an SLE (Sober Living Environment) located at 114 Park Avenue was selling methamphetamine to residents of his SLE as well as members of the community...
LINK - KCBA.com
March 10, 2010
Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the Criminal Justice System
Three Major Types of Substance Treatment Programs for Offenders:
- Community-Based Diversion Programs. Programs provided to offenders in the community in lieu of prison or a jail sentence.
- In-Prison Programs. Programs provided to offenders while in state prison.
- Parolee Programs. Programs provided to parolees in the community, mostly on a voluntary basis, upon release from prison.
Proposition 36 Programs
Overview. Proposition 36 (the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000) changed state law so that certain adult offenders who use or possess illegal drugs are sentenced to participate in drug treatment and supervision in the community rather than being sentenced to prison or jail...
March 8, 2010
Budget cuts slash California rehabilitation program for prisoners
California prison officials began touting a new public safety reform in January that would encourage inmates to complete a rehabilitation course and earn six weeks per year off a sentence.
Inside Folsom State Prison, though, inmates and instructors leading such courses are skeptical it will work.
In reality, they say, budget cuts approved by legislators last year, needed to cope with an unprecedented fiscal crisis, are devastating programs that are the basis for the new credit and for helping inmates stay straight once free...
LINK - SacBee.com
March 2, 2010
Pot, cell phones, chargers and tobacco packed into footballs, thrown onto CRC’s yard
Two footballs filled with pot, tobacco and cell phones sailed over a prison fence before dawn today in Norco prompting the arrest of two San Diego County residents, according to Riverside County sheriff's officials.
"The footballs were taped closed with packing tape and tossed over the perimeter fence line ... into a preselected area," Sgt. Adam Vallejo said in a written statement. "A correctional officer from the prison saw the footballs being thrown ... and summoned additional (officers) to collect the items and detain the suspects.
The incomplete passes were made at 3:10 a.m. at the California Rehabilitation Center at Fifth Street and Wilson Avenue. The footballs contained about an ounce of marijuana, about eight ounces of tobacco and 11 cellular phones complete with chargers and instruction booklets, according to the statement....
LINK - PE.com
February 4, 2010
Federal Corrections Reports
Find and read reports regarding Federal Corrections; ranging in subject from Capitol Punishment, to Family, Leadership, to Technology and much more...
February 3, 2010
CDCR promises better inmate rehab services but cuts $250 million from programs?
CDCR stands for California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, but after $250 million in cuts to the rehabilitation programs, some believe it should just be called CDC.
Douglas Jockinsen, a correctional facility teacher who could be laid off March 1 said, "There is no 'R' in CDCR. And the programs that are left are a shadow of their former selves. They are the only programs that have shown to cut recidivism, people coming back to prison."
CDCR's Web site says "Inmates who learn to read and write and those who gain a skill are far more likely to succeed upon release. Those who do not are more likely to re-offend and end up back in prison."
With the hundreds of teacher cuts, CDCR will also have a new model when it comes to education — model they admit is not ideal….
LINK - Turnto23.com
November 30, 2009
Norteno parolee with meth, a pipe and loaded handgun RTC
A 24-year-old man was arrested at 4:35 a.m. today after police saw him in a 1988 Toyota Camry on the less-than-100 block of White Road in Salinas with a red jacket draped over his head and the steering wheel.
Police said Guillermo Martinez, a registered Norteno gang member on state parole, had a methamphetamine pipe he had tried to destroy, methamphetamine and a loaded .32-caliber semi-automatic handgun.
Martinez has been arrested on other occasions related to illegal possession of handguns, police said. He was booked into Monterey County Jail on suspicion of twelve violations of California penal codes….
LINK - TheCalifornian.com
November 26, 2009
Deputies arrest parolee for selling meth
Sonoma County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 24-year-old parolee for allegedly selling methamphetamine, and seized a pound and a half of the drug while serving a search warrant related to his alleged sales.
The deputies had conducted a month-long investigation into Pablo Chino of Santa Rosa that included making several purchases of methamphetamine, leading to the issuance of a search warrant, according to the sheriff's office.
While serving the search warrant Tuesday at a residence on West Ninth Street in Santa Rosa, deputies seized the pound and a half of methamphetamine and took Chino into custody, the sheriff's office reported…
LINK - ABCLocal.GO.com
October 19, 2009
Soccer ball filled with drugs, cell phones thrown over CA prison fence
A parolee was arrested Saturday morning near the Claremont Correctional Center in Coalinga after he allegedly threw a soccer ball full of drugs and cell phones over the prison fence.
Correctional staff members had received a tip about the scheme beforehand and notified the Coalinga Police Department, which called the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
Detectives went to the prison, which is operated by the city of Coalinga, and watched as a man threw a ball into the prison compound…
LINK - FresnoBee.com
October 17, 2009
LA Times: CDCR cuts rehab programs, recidivism to increase?
Gina Tatum spends her days in a compound surrounded by electrified fence in the sun-baked heart of the Central Valley, hoping to change her life. She will soon turn 50, and after two decades in and out of prison, she says she is tired of victimizing others, tired of stealing, tired of doing drugs.
"I can't afford any more years up here - I've lost too many," said Tatum, who is serving a four-year stint for forgery at the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. "I'm trying to learn things to change my thinking, change everything about me, so I can go home. It's so easy to get caught up here and never leave. I don't want to die in prison."
But because of cuts in the state budget, Tatum and thousands of other inmates and parolees in California are about to lose access to many of the programs the prison system has offered to help them turn their lives around…
LINK - LATimes.com
October 14, 2009
Prison Blues: Substance-abuse treatment at Donovan becomes a victim of state budget cuts
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Mark Faucette, vice president of the Amity Foundation, a nonprofit substance-abuse-treatment provider, will be at Donovan State Prison in Otay Mesa, saying goodbye to the roughly 500 inmates currently enrolled in Amity's Right Turn program. The highly regarded program, held up as a national model for effective prisoner rehabilitation, is being closed down, a casualty of state budget cuts.
Last week, Elias Contreras, the prison's associate warden, told a KPBS reporter that Right Turn would be replaced with a 90-day detox program. That's actually not the case: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Peggy Bengs confirmed for CityBeat on Tuesday that Donovan is one of eight prisons statewide that won't provide any sort of professional in-custody substance-abuse treatment. Rather, those facilities will rely entirely on outside volunteers from programs like Narcotics Anonymous and inmates who've been trained as substance-abuse counselors…
LINK - SDCityBeat.com
October 8, 2009
Substance Abuse Programs Reduce Recidivism
A newly released report from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) shows a substantial reduction in recidivism for offenders completing in-prison substance abuse programs followed by community-based substance abuse treatment.
"Effective treatment for alcohol and drug addiction is crucial for successful reintegration into the community when inmates are released," said Matthew Cate, CDCR Secretary. "Our emphasis on encouraging inmates who complete substance abuse programs in prison to continue in community aftercare treatment has proven to be successful," he said.
"During this time of fiscal crisis and significant budget reductions, our department remains focused on core substance abuse programs that reduce recidivism," said Elizabeth Siggins, Acting Chief Deputy Secretary of Adult Programs….
LINK - Corrections.com
October 8, 2009
CDCR eliminates effective, proven rehab program due to budget cuts
…"Guys who get out, for the first 24 hours, what they want to do is take their money, get high, get a woman and they're back in jail in no time," Alexander said. "So getting prison out of the mind is getting to a place where you know what you need to do, the types of steps you need to do to be like us."
Alexander says veteran inmates who master the three-year program serve as mentors to help newcomers deal with their emotions. Those who do get out receive post-prison support so they continue treatment.
But the program that once put Donovan on the map in California's prison system is going away. It is one of the casualties as the department of corrections slashes $280 million in rehab programs.
Inmate Oscar Mayorca says these programs are the only things making a difference in the lives of prisoners…
LINK - KPBS.org
October 1, 2009
Parolee, gang-banger charged with assaulting cop with deadly weapon, battery on cop, meth for sale
A 24-year-old man shot by a San Mateo police detective during a drug raid has been charged with assaulting a police officer, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Police say Joseph Ortega, a parolee and documented gang member, slammed his Mitsubishi into a car carrying officers to a house in the 1400 block of Newbridge Avenue on Aug. 13. The officers were coming to the home to serve a drug search warrant on 25-year-old Hector Ramirez, who police say is a parolee and documented gang member.
Before officers could get into the residence, Ramirez walked out of the house and got into the passenger side of Ortega's Mitsubishi, which was parked on the street. Ortega drove into the police car, and then an officer who has not been identified shot him in the heart, police said. Ortega survived but the bullet is still in his heart. He has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and battery on a police officer, said assistant deputy district attorney Karen Guidotti. She said both charges are felonies and Ortega faces up to five years in prison if convicted…
LINK - InsideBayArea.com
September 11, 2009
Parolee allegedly caught with drugs, shotgun
A Redway parolee was arrested Wednesday night when a deputy allegedly found four pounds of processed marijuana in his vehicle.
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office initially received a report that a wanted parolee was sitting in a parked car at a Redway motel at about 7:40 p.m. The responding deputy recognized Bret Lawrence Swortzel, 31, who was inside the vehicle, and arrested him for an outstanding warrant involving a parole violation, according to a Sheriff's Office press release.
As allowed under the terms of Swortzel's parole, the deputy searched the vehicle and seized four clear plastic bags, each containing a pound of processed marijuana, according to the press release. The deputy also seized a 12-gauge shotgun with a pistol grip and folding stock, as well as live ammunition, from the vehicle…
LINK - Times-Standard.com
August 13, 2009
Another “non-violent, non-serious parolee” attacks cops, transports drugs, etc
A parolee suspected of dealing drugs in San Bernardino led officers on a freeway pursuit into Rialto Wednesday night, police said.
San Bernardino police narcotics officers said they spoteed 29-year-old Steven Tyrone Thompson about 5:30 p.m. near 9th Street and Waterman Avenue.
"They believed he was in a narcotics exchange with another unidentified individual," said Lt. Dan Kiel…
LINK - SBSun.com (San Bernadino Sun)
August 9, 2009
Deputies fatally shoot parolee in Carson
Authorities say deputies shot a man to death when he tried to grab a deputy's gun during a confrontation in Carson.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Keith Ho says deputies approached a group of men smoking marijuana in an alley of a housing complex Saturday.
Most of the men dispersed but at least two remained and argued with deputies. Ho says one of them, a parolee with a warrant out for his arrest, refused to cooperate…
LINK - MercuryNews.com
August 5, 2009
Parolee eludes Fremont police by driving wrong way on I-880
Police on Wednesday were looking for a parolee who they say led them on a car chase a day earlier through parts of Fremont and Newark before driving the wrong way on Interstate 880 to evade officers.
Authorities were looking for Hayward resident Santiago Ornelas, 33, a parolee thought to be armed with a gun and carrying drugs Tuesday in Fremont's Cabrillo neighborhood, police spokesman Detective Bill Veteran said.
The Fremont Police Department's Street Crimes Unit received information Tuesday afternoon that Ornelas was violating his parole by carrying the contraband and that he was driving a maroon 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Veteran said….
LINK - MercuryNews.com
July 25, 2009
Private prison guard pleads guilty to smuggling drugs into prison
A former Hernando County corrections officer who promised to deliver drugs to inmates at the county lockup pleaded guilty Friday to three drug-related charges.
Circuit Judge Jack Springstead sentenced Charles M. Dunn, 27, to 13 months in state prison.
Dunn offered to deliver oxycodone pills to inmates for a $500 fee, according to arrest reports. He later denied ever giving inmates drugs but claimed it is easy to get illegal narcotics into the jail because staffers don't make thorough checks…
LINK - TampaBay.com
July 13, 2009
State guts prison education, drug treatment programs
The rehabilitation of convicts took a hit recently as state prisons slashed rehabilitation programs in the face of shrinking budgets.
In April, Bay Correctional Facility had its contract with the state revised, reducing prison education staff from 24 employees to eight, according to state documents. All five of the prison's drug treatment positions also were cut.
Bay Correctional officials said the cuts are unfortunate but out of their hands…
LINK - NewsHerald.com
June 18, 2009
21 arrested in drug bust at CMC
Twenty-one people were arrested this week for a variety of charges relating to narcotics trafficking and smuggling of illegal drugs into the California Men's Colony, authorities announced Wednesday.
Those arrested included members of a local gang, California Department of Corrections employees and a Los Angeles grade school teacher.
The suspects are alleged to have brought large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana in from Mexico to sell to a network of private customers and inmates in the CMC…
LINK - SanLuisObispo.com
June 17, 2009
Private prison workers plead guilty to smuggling
Two former West Texas prison employees have pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband for prisoners.
Velma Jean Payan, 41, said Tuesday she took more than $2,000 from associates of inmates to smuggle a "green leafy substance" into the privately managed Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos from October to January, federal prosecutors said.
Jerri Diaz Ornelas, 40, said Monday that she took about $450 from an inmate in October 2008 to smuggle tobacco into the prison that primarily houses federal criminal immigrants…
LINK - Chron.com
May 21, 2009
Parolee accused of three molestations
A 28-year-old parolee suspected of child molestation was arrested by Merced County Sheriff's investigators earlier this month, after deputies received a tip about the alleged abuse from Child Protective Services.
Anthony Giron is accused of inappropriately touching three girls on separate occasions while they were sleeping, said Tom MacKenzie, sheriff's spokesman. MacKenzie said the allegations came to light May 13 after the sheriff's department received a tip that Giron was molesting an 11-year-old girl.
Detective Alex Barba interviewed Giron and placed him under arrest. Giron was on parole for narcotics violations…
LINK - MercedSunStar.com
May 11, 2009
Auto theft detectives break up suspected drug buy
Three people were arrested after police reportedly witnessed a possible drug buy in Porterville.
Detectives with a countywide auto theft task force were conducting an operation on Friday in Porterville and were driving at about 11:18 p.m. on the 1500 block of West Tomah Avenue when they reportedly saw what looked like illegal narcotics activity between a pedestrian, David Gamboa, 32, of Porterville, and Marco Azevedo, 29, of Porterville, who was driving a vehicle.
Gamboa allegedly tried to discard a small bindle of suspected methamphetamine when detectives tried to speak to him, the Porterville Police Department reports. He was allegedly in possession of another bindle of suspected methamphetamine and illegal narcotics paraphernalia, police report…
LINK - RecorderOnline.com
April 20, 2009
Parolee arrested on drug, gun charges after pursuit
A parolee led officers on a short vehicle pursuit Sunday afternoon before hiding in an apartment occupied by strangers, according to Santa Maria police.
George Chavez, 29, of Santa Maria was found hiding in a bathroom in the apartment in the 1200 block of West Bethel Lane, and was arrested and booked into county jail on suspicion of: vehicle evading, possession of methamphetamine for sale, being an ex-felon in possession of a stolen firearm, residential burglary and a no-bail warrant for possession of methamphetamine…
LINK - SantaMariaTimes.com
November 22, 2008
Atheist sues prison officials
An atheist sued top California corrections officials last month, claiming that his constitutional rights were violated when he was returned to prison after objecting to participation in a program with religious overtones as a condition of parole.
Barry A. Hazle Jr., 40, was released from prison in February 2007 after doing a year for drug possession. He was required to complete a 90-day drug treatment program and was assigned to one in Shasta County.
The Redding computer technician says he objected several times to "coerced participation" in a program based on the 12-step recovery method originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, according to the lawsuit filed in Sacramento federal court…
LINK - GoSanAngelo.com
October 30, 2008
5 California governors oppose drug initiative
Five California governors came together Thursday in rare bipartisan opposition to a ballot initiative they fear would harm public safety by easing punishment for drug offenders.
Proposition 5 would divert tens of thousands of drug offenders annually from prisons or jails into treatment programs. It expands on a similar initiative approved by voters in 2000.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was joined by predecessors Gray Davis, Pete Wilson, Jerry Brown, and George Deukmejian at Thursday's event at a Los Angeles County's criminal courts building in downtown…
LINK - SFGate.com (The San Francisco Gate)
September 30, 2008
Redding man sues state over religious drug treatment program
A Redding man filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday, claiming his rights as an atheist were violated when he was ordered to take part in a 12-step drug treatment program that taught reliance on a higher power.
Barry A. Hazle, Jr., 40, was found to have violated terms of his parole and sent to prison for 125 days after he formally complained about the program, according to his attorneys. His legal problems began with a 2004 felony conviction on methamphetamine possession.
He was placed on parole in February 2007 and ordered to complete a 90-day live-in drug treatment program at Empire Recovery Center in Redding. Hazle said he requested a non-religious program…
LINK - Redding.com
September 24, 2008
Corrections officer awarded Medal of Valor for protecting fellow officers during fight
Elizabeth O'Campo doesn't talk much about the day when she put her own life at risk to help rescue two fellow corrections officers.
O'Campo, an Ontario native, was working Oct. 6, 2006, with two male officers searching cells at Ironwood State Prison near Blythe when they discovered drugs and other contraband - which in prison is worth 10 times more than outside, she said.
"You could just feel the tension," O'Campo said. They were pounced on by a group of inmates - more than 20 people joined in on the attack, she said. In the midst of being punched and kicked by the inmates, O'Campo said she could see one of her colleagues down on the ground…
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
August 5, 2008
Dogs, handlers earn their keep inside, outside Vacaville prison
Sometimes, the simplest gesture can have great significance. That's why a mere sniff, scratch or growl offered by either of two special dogs at California State Prison, Solano, is taken so very seriously.
For the past 20 years, CSP Solano has been one of just three facilities in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system to have a canine team. The Soledad and Salinas Valley facilities each also has two handlers and two dogs.
The team at CSP is considered vital to day-to-day operations and the community as a whole, said Correctional Officer Jonathan Whitfield, who partners with 3-year-old Dutch shepherd Blue Zen…
LINK - TimesHeraldOnline.com
August 3, 2008
Crime-busting prison quartet
Sometimes, the simplest gesture can have the most significance.
Which is why a mere sniff, scratch or growl offered by either of California State Prison, Solano's two canines is taken so very seriously and is usually followed up by an in-depth probe by correctional officers.
For the past 20 years, CSP Solano has had the distinction of being one of three facilities in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system to have a K-9 Team. The Soledad and Salinas Valley facilities each also have two handlers and two dogs…
LINK - TheReporter.com
June 21, 2008
Suspect in Yolo deputy’s killing had avoided ‘3 strikes’ lockup
By last fall, the suspect in Sunday's shooting death of Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz had accumulated a record of violence and two prior felony convictions.
So on Oct. 26, 2007, when Woodland police nabbed Marco Antonio Topete for possession of six-tenths of a gram of cocaine, authorities had a chance to put him away for a long time.
But police, prosecutors and parole officials never could quite close the loop on Topete. As a parolee with two serious and violent prior felony convictions, Topete, 35, was a candidate for a 25-years-to-life term under California's "three-strikes" law…
LINK - SacBee.com (The Sacramento Bee)
June 15, 2008
Cell phones pose threats behind bars
As technology advances and cell phones become ubiquitous, correctional facilities are facing an increase in security risks from phones smuggled to inmates.
Guards or visitors smuggling banned items like tobacco and drugs into prisons is nothing new. However, there's been an increase in contraband cell phones brought into California State Prison-Solano in Vacaville,, according to a Solano County Grand Jury report released last month.
"Cellular phone usage by inmates poses a security risk, as it circumvents the monitoring process used by prisons," said Paul Verke, an information officer for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "This is definitely a problem that the (department) is looking into…"
LINK - TimesHeraldOnline.com (Times-Herald - Solano/Napa Counties)
March 21, 2008
Parolee arrested after entering homes
A wanted parolee and alleged Bulldog gang member apparently was looking for a place to sleep when he broke into two houses Thursday morning in southeast Fresno, police reported. Frankie Saldate, 28, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing and for parole violation, Sgt. Frank Rose said.
Saldate, who apparently cut himself when he broke windows to enter the houses, was treated at Community Regional Medical Center for his cuts before he was booked into the Fresno County Jail….
LINK - FresnoBee.com (The Fresno Bee)
March 5, 2008
Government Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates
More than 3,000 crack offenders are eligible for release within the year, according to an analysis by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The commission modified a 100 to 1 ratio disparity between sentences meted for crack and powder cocaine possession, saying that it was unfair because the drugs are virtually the same.
The Bush administration opposed the U.S. Sentencing Commission's decision to make the new guidelines retroactive for inmates currently serving sentences for crack cocaine crimes. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said that crack offenders would clog the courts with petitions requesting a release, and that "violent criminals" would eventually be returned to the streets…
LINK - WashingtonPost.com
February 27, 2008
Parolee Charged for Marijuana Sales on Campus
A documented gang member and parolee accused of selling marijuana to students at Cal State San Marcos pleaded not guilty Tuesday to five felony drug and weapon charges. Jermaine Sayles, 27, was arrested Friday after a raid by San Diego County sheriff's deputies on an apartment building near the CSUSM campus that was targeted after a tip from school officials about alleged marijuana sales.
LINK - Fox6.com News
January 21, 2008
Thailand: Corrections Dept. Reveals Prisoners’ Tricks
The Corrections Department chief revealed Monday some of the many tricks prison inmates use to avoid detection by authorites to continue drug trafficking. The Justice Ministry launched Monday a project at Bangkok's Miracle Hotel to train officials to stamp out drug trafficking and other crimes. The scheme is aimed to help corrections officials obtain narcotics information from inmates so that related agencies can act on the information to arrest drug dealers…
LINK - NationMultimedia.com
April 1, 2006
No More Cell Phones
Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted from the Winter 2005 edition of TechBeat, the quarterly news magazine of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, an NIJ program. Analyses of test results do not represent product approval or endorsement by the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice; the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce; or Aspen Systems Corp. Points of view or opinions contained in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
February 1, 1999
Assessing the Role of Neuropsychological Functioning in Inmates’ Treatment Response
Introduction:
One of the most pressing issues within corrections today is the presence of inmates who are unresponsive to authority, repeatedly violate institutional rules, victimize within the institution, and are responsible for high post-release recidivism rates (Corrections Program Office, 1999). These same inmates, whether predatory or impulsive, often show poor decision making skills and lack behavioral self regulation. And importantly, they tend not to respond to conventional treatments in spite of their greater need for intervention. Yet, few correctional facilities have the knowledge or resources to attempt to more effectively treat these inmates given that the supportive research is lacking. Many triage them into 23-hour segregation units to minimize the safety concerns they pose and to avoid consuming scarce treatment resources on a population that does not respond to conventional approaches. Research suggests that a significant number of these inmates have psychopathic characteristics that further complicate treatment efforts and worsen their post-release outcomes. In response to the inability to effectively treat these inmates, several states screen for psychopathy to exclude them from treatment in an effort to avoid waste of precious resources on those who are not likely to respond favorably. For example, some states disqualify drug abusing offenders with high scores on the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) (Hare, 1991) from treatment programs. Overall, there are few concerted attempts to treat these inmates, and most efforts have not fared well (Hare, 1999). Correctional administrators see clear public safety benefits to being able to accurately identify these inmates and more effectively direct treatment resources. In the absence of a thorough understanding of what underlies inmates’ persistent misconduct and treatment resistance, we will continue to fail to reach this very important subgroup, which is responsible for the majority of serious, violent crimes in our communities.
