CCPOA news
January 6, 2010
Assembly creates new prison reform oversight committee
Hot on the heels of smack-talking a campaign rival's self-funding, Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, D-Newark, today announced a new role in which he could either boost or undermine his campaign for state Attorney General: He'll chair the new Assembly Select Committee on Prison and Rehabilitation Reform.
In a state now renowned for dysfunctional government, the prison and rehabilitation system takes the cake: rampant overcrowding, copious contraband, heavy gang influence, runaway recidivism, a health-care system so bad it's been placed in federal receivership, etc…
LINK - IBABuzz.com
January 6, 2010
Senate to review State Auditor (BSA) reports on CDCR fiscal operations this Thursday
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010
BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 4
STATE ADMIN., GENERAL GOVT.,
JUDICIAL, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
DESAULNIER, Chair
10 a.m. or upon adjournment of session - Room 3191
PENDING RULE WAIVER
OVERSIGHT HEARING
SUBJECT: Recent Auditor Reports on the Fiscal Operations of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
MORE INFO: www.senate.ca.gov
January 5, 2010
Editorial: “Prison guards working with no pay”
I love those tales that go around about correctional officers and how they are overpaid, underworked and sucking the system dry with their overtime. Quite good tales, huh? More like fairy tales!
I have never seen a harder working group of people in my life. Like the officer attacked at California State Prison-Sacramento, here is a group of people who go to work every day and put their lives in danger for the safety of the people of California.
They even come to work when they are "furloughed."
LINK - ModBee.com
January 5, 2010
Private prison operator GEO Group get sued (again) for wrongful death
The family of the man, who's death started the first Reeves County Detention Center (RCDC) riot, is planning to file a wrongful death lawsuit.
Attorney's representing the family of Jesus Manuel Galindo say they're close to filing a wrongful death civil suit against GEO Group, the company that runs the detention center, along with the Physicians Network Association who provides medical care for the inmates.
You'll remember Galindo died in December 2008 after not receiving medicine for his epilepsy and being placed in an isolation cell…
LINK - NewsWest9.com
January 5, 2010
GEO Group private prison guard gets year in jail for smuggling contraband
A former corrections officer at a privately run prison in South Bay was sentenced this morning to a year in jail following her convictions earlier this year for introducing contraband and conspiring to introduce contraband into the facility.
Michelle Terrien, 34, was the center of a bizarre triangle within the South Bay Correctional Facility run by the GEO Group. An inmate with a homemade bomb — honey bottles filled with gasoline and connected to batteries and wires — took Terrien hostage last year claiming she never delivered to him $4,000 that she had received from his sister…
LINK - PalmBeachPost.com
January 4, 2010
Parolee arrested when car burns after police chase
A parolee was apprehended Sunday morning when his car caught fire during a police pursuit.
Folsom police stopped a car near Oak Avenue Parkway and Santa Juanita Drive for traffic violations about 2 a.m. Sunday. Driver Earnest Paul Hovey II, 38, (left) of Sacramento told officers he was on parole before stepping on the gas and driving away.
Officers said they chased Hovey, who was driving a 1995 BMW, at speeds of more than 100 mph into Fair Oaks. The chase ended when the engine compartment caught fire and the BMW rolled to a stop in the Walmart shopping center at Hazel Avenue and Greenback Lane in Orangevale…
LINK - SacBee.com
January 4, 2010
Merced police arrest wanted parolee
A 28-year-old man was taken into custody on suspicion of child endangerment and other charges Saturday, after Merced police reported finding drugs inside his apartment.
Victor Torres, a wanted parolee and gang member, was taken into custody at the apartment, located in the 1100 block of Loughborough Drive, according to Sgt. Curt Gorman.
Three officers from the department's Gang Violence Suppression Unit knocked on the door and an occupant opened it. Officers asked if Torres was there and the person said that he was in a back room and let officers in the apartment, Gorman said…
LINK - MercedSunStar.com
January 4, 2010
Gov losing political muscle as lame duck?
No self-respecting politician wants to be one. The phrase itself is utterly demeaning. But with a year left in office, there are signs that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has begun his transformation into a lame duck.
This status, defined by the weakness of a politician whose term will soon expire, may be difficult to swallow for a former Mr. Universe known to legions of moviegoers for vanquishing opponents as Hercules, Conan and the Terminator. Even as a pregnant man in "Junior," Schwarzenegger reflected a particular kind of strength.
But legislators have already begun sensing that as a lame duck he is easy prey and openly disregard some of his wishes. Members of his staff have steadily been quitting, and replacements are hard to come by…
LINK - LATimes.com
January 4, 2010
Parolee arrested for stalking, robbery, false imprisonment, etc
Watsonville police officers arrested a 22-year-old Gonzales man who they say stalked and held a woman against her will Sunday night.
Geraldo Ruiz, a parolee, and the female victim are "acquaintances," police said.
The woman contacted police around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, officials said, and told them that a man had stalked, burglarized, robbed, and falsely imprisoned her.
The woman then pointed out Ruiz as the responsible suspect, police said…
LINK - TheCalifornian.com
January 3, 2010
Furlough Frustration?
Feeling frustrated regarding having to work for free? Want to let the Governor know how you feel? Well, here is the phone number to the Governors office (916) 445-2841. Please be sure to remain professional and whatever you do don't call from a state phone. Those who have called so far have not been treated with respect, so be prepared to be told that you are "lucky" to make the money that you do. If you feel like it, send an e-mail of your conversation with our loving Governors staff to nichol.gomez@ccpoa.org for possible publication. Also, you may want to take the time to contact your local legislators district office and let them know the hardships this decision by this Governor is causing you and your family. You can find your legislator by clicking on this link leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html and then entering your zip code.
Take Action! Call The Governors Office (916) 445-2841
