January 2004

Date	Publisher	Reporter	Title
1/14/04	KCRA 3	KCRA 3	Prison Riot Whistleblower Receives State Protection
1/16/04	L.A.Times	Jenifer Warren	State Penal System Is Hammered in Report
1/16/04	UnionTribune	David Kravets	Court officer says Calif. prison department corruption probe a sham
1/16/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Ex-prison chief could face charges
1/16/04	Sac Bee	Claire Cooper	Former prisons leader blasted
1/16/04	MercuryNews	Howard Mintz &MarkGladstone	Report alleges state prison coverup
1/17/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Anguished prison guard: 'My job has killed me'
1/18/04	L.A.Times	Dan Morain	Potent Prison Guards Union Facing Challenges to Status Quo
1/19/04	SF Chronicle	Editorial	A prison system in disarray
1/20/04	L.A.Times	Mark Arax	Guard Challenges Code of Silence
1/20/04	Contra Costa Times	Thomas Peele	State prisons "rotten to the core" witnesses tell state legislators
1/21/04	Assoc. Press	Don Thompson	State prison system called a 'tarnished institution'
1/21/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Tales of threats at state prison hearings / Corrections officials pledge reform as Senate inquiry opens
1/21/04	L.A.Times	Jenifer Warren	Guards Tell of Retaliation for Informing
1/21/04	Sac Bee	Dorothy Korber	Prison's top brass to be reassigned
1/27/04	SF Chronicle	Joan Ryan	Prisoner's isolation leads to desperation Safer cells mean dangerous streets
1/29/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Prison watchdog office told it will shut soon Schwarzenegger blames Davis deal

February 2004

Date	Publisher	Reporter	Title
2/02/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin & P.Podger	Prison guards' clout difficult to challenge
2/03/04	Sac Bee	Gary Delsohn	Prison probe panel sought by governor
2/03/04	Mod Bee	Editorial	Courts must step in now to clean up prison mess
2/07/04	Sac Bee	Gary Delsohn	Governor tackles prison woes
2/07/04	Fresno Bee	Opinion	Governor needs to fix prisons, not study them to death.
2/07/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Governor reverses stance on prison oversight
2/08/04	Fresno Bee	Donald E. Coleman	Conflict in Confinement
2/10/04	LA Times	Patt Morrison	Union Knows All About Crime, but Nothing About Punishment
2/11/04	CubaDebate	Frederick Douglas Sims	America behind Bars
2/13/04	AP	Don Thompson	Schwarzenegger Deals With Prison Crisis
2/13/04	San Diego UT	Sasha Abramsky	Prisons No Place For the Mentally Ill
2/20/04	LA Times	Jenifer Warren	New Chief of Prisons Appointed
2/20/04	LA Times	Mark Arax	Corcoran Inmate Starves To Death
2/20/04	Sac Bee	Clea Benson	Wards abused at CYA, families say
2/21/04	Fresno Bee	Associated Press	San Quentin warden appointed to clean up California prisons
2/21/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin & P.Podgers	San Quentin's warden to head prison system Former guard named to lead a department under fire
2/23/04	LA Times	Leslie Vernon White	To 'Correct' Convicts, Do the Right Thing
2/26/04	SF Chronicle	Ruth Rosen	Why can't they vote?
2/26/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Scathing report on prison health care
2/26/04	SJ Mercury News	Claudia Melendez	Letter with threats against senator found at Soledad Prison
2/27/04	SJ Mercury News	Mark Gladstone	Steep prison overtime a way of life
2/29/04	Fresno Bee	Denny Boyles	Corcoran inmates refuse food
2/29/04	SAC Bee	Daniel Macallair	Prisons: Power nobody dares mess with

March 2004

Date	Publisher	Reporter	Title
3/1/04	AP	News Flash	Court to review prison segregation policy*
3/1/04	LA Times	Richard Fausset	More Prison Guards Fighting Back in Court*
3/2/04	Mercury News	Mark Gladstone	Overtime high for prison directors
3/3/04	Pacific News	Abdul Shareef	Life in the Prison War Zone
3/5/04	LA Times	Mark Arax	Corcoran Guards Mute in Probe of Inmate Death
3/5/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Prison Guards Open To Cutting Pay
3/6/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Deukmejian to lead prison review panel
3/7/04	Sac Bee	Dan Walters	Is politicians' indifference to state prison rot finally changing?
3/7/04	Fresno Bee	Denny Boyles	Probe of inmate's death stalled
3/8/04	AP	Bob Porterfield	Parole Violators crowd Calif. Prisons
3/9/04	SF Chronicle	Harriet Chiang	Judge OKs change to parole system
3/9/04	Mercury News	Karen De Sa	Youth prison job challenges new head
3/9/04	Sac Bee	Daniel Weintraub	Guards pact, a fiscal time bomb, gets second look
3/10/04	LA Times	Jenifer Warren	State Will Oversee Probes of Guards*
3/10/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Top prison watchdog selected
3/10/04	Mercury News	Thomas Peele	Judge losing patience on guards
3/11/04	Sac Bee	Editorial	True Corrections Reform
3/12/04	Sac Bee	Editorial	Rework Guard Contract
3/13/04	NY Times	David Sheff	The Good Jailer *
3/13/04	Pasadena Star	Opinion	Let feds stop gangs
3/14/04	AP	Bob Porterfield	State leads U.S. in busting parolees
3/15/04	LA Times	Mark Arax	Man Died of Neglect, Inmates Say*
3/15/04	SF Chronicle	Editorial	CDC almost out of time
3/15/04	SN & R	Eugene A.Dey	Three Strikes, He’s In
3/16/04	Sac Observer	Kevin Herrera	Three Strikes Law Leaves Families In Pain
3/17/04	Ledger Dispatch	News Release	Convicted felon sentenced to life
3/18/04	Mercury News	Mark Gladstone	CYA guard charges shaky, DA says
3/18/04	LA Times	Jenifer Warren	Prison Guard Turned Boss Presses for Reform*
3/18/04	SAC BEE	Art Campos	Correctional officer killed in traffic accident
3/18/04	Porterville Rptr	George Lurie	Educators criticize CDC prison program
3/18/04	Mercury News	Cordell/Osborn	Life in prison for shoplifting doesn't make sense
3/21/04	Sac Bee	Gary Delsohn	New prisons chief faces tough task
3/21/04	NY Times	J.Gonnerman	'Life on the Outside': The Other Lockup *
3/22/04	CC Times	Editorial	Reform prison system
3/23/04	LA Times	Tim Reiterman	Disciplining of Guards Questioned *
3/23/04	LA Times	Times Staff &Wire	Investigations to Target Juvenile Jail Conditions *
3/23/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	State prison analyst tells of retaliation
3/23/04	Cincinnati Enquire	Editorial	Mental health and criminal justice
3/24/04	LA Times	Editorial	Building Minds Behind Bars *
3/24/04	Ledger Dispatch	Sean Rabi	Warden Scott Kernan/Mule Creek State Prison
3/25/04	LA Times	Jenifer Warren	Guards' Silence Is Questioned *
3/25/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Beatings by counselors detailed in CYA report
3/26/04	LA Weekly	Vince Beiser	Foul Justice
3/27/04	SD Union Tribune	Matthew T Hall	Governor aids Vistan's legal fight
3/27/04	NC Times	Gig Conaughton	Governor says Vista woman should remain free
3/27/04	CNN News	Law Center	Schwarzenegger: Freed inmate shouldn't return to prison
3/28/04	Tidings.com	Ellie Hidalgo	Detention Ministries, parishes support parolees
3/28/04	SD Union Tribune	Don Thompson	Guards' silence challenges new 'zero tolerance' policy
3/29/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Prison-guard union's political clout
3/29/04	SF Chronicle	Patricia Yollin	School of hard knocks
3/29/04	Fresno Bee	Opinion	Protecting whistleblowers
3/29/04	Mercury News	Daniel Macallair	Broken and dangerous: Close the CYA
3/31/04	Ledger Dispatch	News Release	Mule Creek prisoner receives third strike
3/31/04	CC Times	Editorial	This side of the bars
3/31/04	AP National	News Release	Native American Won't Cut Hair in Prison