Press Releases
January 11, 2011
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ATTACKED AT PELICAN BAY
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA –This morning, three correctional peace officers were viciously attacked by multiple inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison wielding prison-made knives.
Two officers suffered deep slash wounds on their faces and required dozens of stitches. Another officer sustained multiple stabbing injuries, including at least one that went through his collarbone. The three officers were rushed to a nearby hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. They were released later this afternoon.
“This latest attempt by multiple inmates to kill three correctional peace officers underscores the extremely dangerous working conditions dedicated correctional professionals are subjected to every day they come to work at our state prisons,” said Chuck Alexander, Executive Vice President of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association...
October 21, 2010
eBAY AUCTION OF “BOBBLE-HEAD MEG”
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA – Is your bobble-head collection missing a critical piece? The California Correction Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) may have just what you need. In response to popular demand, CCPOA today announced an auction for the sale of the Meg Whitman bobble-head doll and related items from its popular “Meg for Meg” campaign video...
September 20, 2010
CCPOA Endorses Jerry Brown for Governor
West Sacramento - This morning the California Correctional Peace Officers Association endorsed Jerry Brown for Governor of California in the November general election.
"We have thoroughly examined the two candidates for Governor and ultimately decided the candidate most in touch with California's working families and most capable of governing our state during these challenging times is Jerry Brown," said CCPOA President Mike Jimenez...
August 2, 2010
CCPOA Announces New Press Secretary
WEST SACRAMENTO‐ The California Correctional Peace Officers Association today announced the hiring of JeVaughn Baker to Press Secretary within their Corporate Communications Division. In this position JeVaughn will be responsible for coordinating media relations activities and serving as spokesman for the association...
August 2, 2010
Working Together Video
WEST SACRAMENTO — The California Correctional Peace Officers Association announced today the launch of their new prison reform video on the CCPOA website. The video emphasizes the union’s commitment to long-term meaningful reform and provides solutions to the fiscal crisis within the California prison system...
July 28, 2010
Furlough Alert
WEST SACRAMENTO — Along with the other bargaining units in the state, CCPOA was notified a short while ago that Governor Schwarzenegger will render an Executive Order imposing 3 furlough days beginning with the August pay period that will impact all employees’ September 1 pay check. This Executive Order is in effect until a new budget is in place...
July 27, 2010
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BREAKDOWN BETWEEN CCPOA/ ADMINISTRATION
WEST SACRAMENTO — Renewed contract negotiations, which began July 13, 2010, between the California Correctional Peace Officers Association and Governor Schwarzenegger’s administration ended abruptly when the state virtually closed the door on more than $150 million in savings for taxpayers...
July 16, 2010
CCPOA Responds to minimum-wage ruling
WEST SACRAMENTO - Today in Sacramento County Superior Court, Judge Patrick Marlette rejected Gov. Schwarzenegger’s demand for a temporary restraining order seeking to force State Controller John Chiang to immediately pay state employees minimum wage until a state budget is adopted. As a result, state workers – including the 33,000 members of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) - will continue to receive their regular pay for their hours worked...
June 30, 2010
CORRECTIONAL CRISIS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY CJCJ / CCPOA
WEST SACRAMENTO — A group of the state's leading experts and stakeholders from all spectrums of the criminal justice system are meeting to develop a set of policy recommendations for the gubernatorial candidates that will elevate the political discourse and provide sensible solutions to corrections issues that are in the interests of all Californians...
January 8, 2010
CCPOA Responds to the Governor’s Proposed Budget
Today the governor released his proposed state budget for fiscal year 2010-11, which fails to include any comprehensive and desperately needed prison reform ideas. Instead, what he has proposed is simply 'business as usual.' Among the many flaws in his new budget is his plan to place out-of-state, for-profit corporations in charge of California's prisons...
