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20
Aug 2009
The budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, assumes that state prison spending will be reduced by nearly $1.2 billion - but doesn't say how more than $631 million of that savings will be achieved. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says only...
20
Aug 2009
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, after touring the site where a major prison riot occurred 12 days ago, said Wednesday that the state's prison system is "collapsing under its own weight" and called on lawmakers to make changes that could reduce...
20
Aug 2009
There has been a great deal of talk about the salaries and retirement benefits for peace officers in California. And no one, least of all me, will suggest that the men and women in uniform are not being treated better than they have been...
20
Aug 2009
Legislative Democrats will push a commission to create a new system for prison sentences as part of Democrats' prison overhaul plan, which will be voted on the floor of both houses Thursday. The commission, which has been pushed for by...

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