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