EDITORIAL: Fix prison system now.(Editorial)

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  August 7, 2006 ;     485 words ...Aug. 7--FOR MANY YEARS the California prison system has been fraught with problems. It...charges by doctors who are hired by the prison system. One urologist charged the state, read...were matched by the ineptness of the prison system's management. The audit found that...

TYC is finding new leaders - in state's troubled prison system.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  September 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......reputation who built a career in the Texas prison system. Bosses routinely praised his work...sordid chapter in the history of a prison system accused of condoning rape and other...to supply new leadership to another prison system brought down by physical and sexual...

Profile: Federal judge threatens to take over California's prison system

NPR All Things Considered;  July 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......threatens to take over California's prison system Host: MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL...threatening to take over California's prison system if the state does not get serious...with his orders to clean up the prison system. He said the recently renegotiated...STEVE FAMA (Attorney, ...

Schwarzenegger praises state prison system reforms

Oakland Tribune;  August 17, 2004 ;     679 words ......improving its "expensive and inefficient" prison system as it tries to ward off a federal judge...assigning a receiver over the largest state prison system. Schwarzenegger said he never asked...said. The state's adult and juvenile prison system has flared as Schwarzenegger's ...

California Prison System In 'Crisis,' Governor Says; Schwarzenegger Plans...

The Washington Post;  June 27, 2006 ;     492 words ......Schwarzenegger (R) said that the state prison system has reached "a crisis point" and that...confront the problem. Only the federal prison system is larger than California's system...is needed to avoid having the whole prison system be placed under federal control. California...

U. Houston forum bashes 'business' of federal prison system

University Wire;  October 27, 2005 ;     393 words ......activist discussed privatization of the prison system Tuesday during a forum sponsored by...problem with contractors running the prison system is that, unlike the government, contractors...at-risk youth, said the privatized prison system makes money on inmates instead of focusing...

Tas: Tassie prison system a joke: Opposition

AAP General News (Australia);  April 13, 2006 ;     416 words ......Australia) 04-13-2006 Tas: Tassie prison system a joke: Opposition By Robyn Grace HOBART...called for an overhaul of the state's prison system as police continue to hunt for the...arrogance and ignorance of problems in the prison system, is my strong message to minister Kons...

State's prison system drowning in scandals

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  July 23, 2006 ;     643 words ...Resources * Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation * Prison population statistics * Union homepage * Sample...impact, said Rod Hickman, the head of California's prison system, in an interview earlier this year. Watch Video...Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a prison system ...

Smith: `Bush's mega prison system simply stinks'

Chicago Defender;  September 23, 2000 ;     384 words ...Smith: `Bush's mega prison system simply stinks' There is something...Texas Gov. George W. Bush's mega prison system that holds more inmates than any...said Smith. "I think Bush's prison system stinks. When you have people being...

D.C. plans privatization of prison system: 1st contract to be treatment...

The Washington Times;  December 3, 1996 ;     700+ words ......District's 3,800-employee, 9,400-inmate prison system probably will be replaced largely by...corrections chief said yesterday. The D.C. prison system will shrink both to improve the quality...other city in the nation has to run a prison system plus a jail, Mrs. Moore said. That...

Investigators Probe Calif. Prison System

AP Online;  January 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......California. (AP Graphic) The California prison system's use of some of its toughest, most...Brett Morgan, chief deputy for the prison system's inspector general. Just weeks before...spokeswoman Patty Pontello said. The prison system is conducting its own investigation...

Investigators look into the California prison system's use of inmates to...

AP Worldstream;  January 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......SACRAMENTO, California The California prison system's use of some of its toughest, most...Brett Morgan, chief deputy for the prison system's inspector general. Just weeks before...spokeswoman Patty Pontello said. The prison system is conducting its own investigation...

Ecuador prison system declared in state of emergency

Xinhua News Agency;  April 12, 2006 ;     114 words ...Ecuador prison system declared in state of emergency QUITO...of the grave situation facing the prison system, the president issued the declaration...Social Rehabilitation to reform the prison system and fix the run-down sanitary and...

Prison system rife with mismanagement

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  July 25, 2006 ;     505 words ......through the years than the California prison system. Four days of stories by Daily Bulletin...at the state and local levels of the prison system over decades, with the California Institution...facility are among the highest in the prison system. The 65-year-old prison has been ...

State's prison system rife with mismanagement

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  July 25, 2006 ;     499 words ......through the years than the California prison system. Four days of stories by Daily Bulletin...at the state and local levels of the prison system over decades, with the California Institution...facility are among the highest in the prison system. The 65-year-old prison has been ...