Jail Violence Increases in Fresno County: "Our inmates have more violent histories," Fresno County Sheriff
Margaret Mims said. "Before, they would have moved on to prison. Now
they're staying here." Mims also said jail inmates, especially offenders awaiting sentencing, know there's a lesser chance of going to prison now, so they have a more reckless mindset. Assistant Sheriff Tom Gattie said the jail population now has more gang involvement and criminal sophistication. "Our inmates have more violent histories," Mims said. "Before, they would have moved on to prison. Now
they're staying here."
Occupy Movement Takes Up Prison Reform: Chip Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle says a new branch of the Occupy movement calling for prison reform, Occupy 4 Prisons, misses the point of incarceration - a valid form of punishment in any society, he says. Johnson reminds readers that some inmates have forfeited their freedom due to their crimes and for some, there is no acceptable re-entry plan. His article is here. John Wildermuth of the San Francisco Chronicle reports as many as 700 Occupy demonstrators gathered outside San Quentin State Prison Monday to call for prison reform. It was one of about 15 protests taking place at prisons that day.
Suspect Says He Was Visited by an Angel and Demon Before Murdering Man: Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press reports Hemy Neuman, charged with murdering a man who had just dropped his 2-year-old off at preschool, says he was visited by a demon who sounded like Barry White and an angel who looked like Olivia Newton-John before shooting and killing Russell Sneiderman. Newman claims the angel told him to kill Sneiderman and raise his two children as his own.
Occupy Movement Takes Up Prison Reform: Chip Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle says a new branch of the Occupy movement calling for prison reform, Occupy 4 Prisons, misses the point of incarceration - a valid form of punishment in any society, he says. Johnson reminds readers that some inmates have forfeited their freedom due to their crimes and for some, there is no acceptable re-entry plan. His article is here. John Wildermuth of the San Francisco Chronicle reports as many as 700 Occupy demonstrators gathered outside San Quentin State Prison Monday to call for prison reform. It was one of about 15 protests taking place at prisons that day.
Suspect Says He Was Visited by an Angel and Demon Before Murdering Man: Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press reports Hemy Neuman, charged with murdering a man who had just dropped his 2-year-old off at preschool, says he was visited by a demon who sounded like Barry White and an angel who looked like Olivia Newton-John before shooting and killing Russell Sneiderman. Newman claims the angel told him to kill Sneiderman and raise his two children as his own.
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