Bakersfield.com

Navigation

Support

View Topic

There are 6 blog posts about 'prisons'

view more blog topics

1

One day last week my husband and I were chatting with some administrators from Kern County's Department of Mental Health. Like these managers, we are concerned about the budgets cuts hitting mental health systems, public and private, and the effects on our loved one. One person told us it cost...
Comments [1] - Views [43]
 

There's lots of talk of prison expansion in Kern County, as we've reported here in the blogs, and now it's reached Tehachapi. And some people there just don't like the idea that there could be more convicted criminals in their community — albeit behind bars. Read reporter Jenny...
Comments [1] - Views [41]
 

More bad guys may be on the way to Wasco State Prison. Reporter Jenny Shearer writes: The expansion at Wasco State Prison is part of Assembly Bill 900, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed in 2007. The idea is to replace nontraditional beds in areas such as gyms and dayrooms with beds in...
Comments [0] - Views [58]
 

A point possibly lost in the debate about prison expansion — and whether the ones in Kern should get more inmates — is the "mitgation funds" the county gets for each inmate. It's $800 annually, according to Jenny Shearer's report from a Thursday night meeting where...
Comments [2] - Views [27]
 

As I'm sure you're all aware....our governer passed a new bill to spend over 7 billion on more prison beds, which is "suppose" to include some rehab.  Just wondering what you are all thinking about our crowded and costly prison system and how many of you are in favor...
Comments [1] - Views [46]
 

Having just read about the riots breaking out, families and prison employees smuggling and turf wars over control of black markets on the inside, I almost thought I was reading about the meth or heroin trade in Californias prisons, but I wasn't. I was reading about the tobacco trade on the...
Comments [3] - Views [389]
 

1

Log In

No account yet? Register now for free.

Forgot password?


Spotlight

Cool new People



Find More People



Meet People Who Like ...

View Them All | Add Yours!


Advertisement: