Posted on 04/22/2006 8:37:02 AM PDT by kellynla
SACRAMENTO Already bulging with inmates wedged into gyms and hallways, California prisons must make room for 23,000 more felons over the next five years, according to new projections that are forcing managers to explore still more unusual options even tents to house bunks.
The forecast, which outlines much steeper growth than numbers released just six months ago, predicts enough new convicts to fill five prisons. California would have more than 193,000 inmates by 2011.
The growth is being driven by increases in new prison admissions and by parolees who either commit new crimes or violate the terms of their release and are re-incarcerated for short stays.
Though a recent report showed a decline in California's recidivism rate, officials said the state's overall population expansion inevitably means more people breaking the law.
The crowding is intensifying during a time of management turmoil. This week, the acting corrections secretary quit the second top official in two months to leave amid concerns about the guard union's influence over prison management.
On Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named a temporary replacement who told reporters that crowded conditions were a safety hazard and were among his top concerns.
In January, Schwarzenegger proposed building 83,000 more cells some in county jails, some in state lockups with bond sales totaling $13.1 billion. But that idea, part of his sweeping public works plan, stalled in the Legislature, and corrections officials are scrambling to create bed space.
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Wait until May 1. The third world invasion is upon us. Anyone who still votes republican or democrat is perpetuating the problem. The only way to save this country is to vote out these bums that are not listening to us. Vote constitution party.
Ping!
Mistakes are always made in this country. Look at Katrina. We can't run scared.
How will it crush anything when they are on the catch and release program and out in 3-4 hours?
Nope, you either continue to incarcerate them, just like other criminals, or you work out a trade with Mexico. We'll give you X Mexican criminals, to be held for the full length of their sentences in Mexican jails, for Y (where Y << X) American crimals now in Mexican jails, who we will hold in our prisons for the full length of their sentences. I'd even try to make the ratio of X/Y the same as the inverse of the ratio to hold prisoners in each country's respective prisons, thus making the whole thing cost neutral, except for the transportation costs, which I would also have the US pay. If that many US Citizens can be found in Mexican jails, which I highly doubt.
Yes
I earned $4400/month straight pay with shift diff and $200/month bonus incentive years ago. Since then the pay and bonus has increased. Add 1-3 shifts OT/week @ time and a half per week and it's easy to get to over $100,000.
There are too many Americans who would be alive and should be alive if these scum were within their own borders.
JCHA=Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation
Oh please, you ask them what state they were born in, and/or where they were nationalized, and check the birth/naturalization records. Double check against death records, to forestall them claiming to be someone who died as an infant or child.
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Oh please, you ask them what state they were born in, and/or where they were nationalized, and check the birth/naturalization records. Double check against death records, to forestall them claiming to be someone who died as an infant or child.
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An American citizen faced with such inquiries would simply state that they are making use of their right to remain silent. Then what?
Never heard of that commission or its role in relation to corrections.
Well that's diff from the old ordinary regular correctional facility.
Most correctional facilities such as San Quentin and Vacaville have acute medical facilities, mental health and even skilled nursing units (rest home type care) themselves and are licensed and inspected by various inspecting agencies. Mimimum staffing standards apply throughout the facilities which is one of the biggest reasons for OT, much of which is mandatory.
I work in juvenile corrections and although we do provide some "medical" services, we mostly contract them out.
Even though my last facility had an acute unit, a skilled and various intermediate units, the real acute stuff was contracted out to a couple of local hospitals. While admitted there an inmate could expect a staffing ratio of 2:1. Almost any trip to an outside physician or other appointment requires a 2:1 ratio with the inmate in shackles.
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