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New program offered in Santa Barbara County for low-level offenders
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Santa Barbara is one 12 counties that now offers what's called a Misdemeanor Diversion Program. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office began operating the program in November. The goal is to preserve already limited resources so the DA's
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Victim's justice: a pointless charade
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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This year, for the first time since I was a young child, I became a victim of crime. Our ground-floor flat in a busy area of south London was burgled...Which is why I balked when the UK home secretary Theresa May told the Conservative party
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California plans to drop warrants for some parole violators
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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State corrections officials are poised to drop the arrest warrants of thousands of parole violators, releasing them from state supervision at a time when their detention would complicate efforts to ease crowding in state and county lockups. The
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Teen Court back in Tahoe after two-year break
South Lake Tahoe :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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Starting this October, middle- and high-school students in El Dorado County can get an up-close view of the juvenile justice system, without having to commit a crime beforehand. The Teen Court program, which first came to the county 20 years ago,
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Scottish courts hear fewer cases
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Fewer people going before Scottish courts Mr MacAskill said community payback orders were making a real difference Fewer people are going before Scotland's courts, according to the latest government statistics. The figure is now at the lowest level
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California prison realignment to put more low-level offenders on streets
Antioch :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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which begins Saturday -- amounts to a dramatic retreat from California's costly, tough-on-crime, lock-'em-up approach. No matter how slowly the new strategy unfolds, it will ultimately put more low-level offenders on the streets sooner than they
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Community sentences can be tougher option (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | over 1 year ago
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Which Works Best" shows that community sentences can be cheaper, tougher and more effective than prison for persistent, low-level offenders. The UK report was commissioned because prison numbers had risen, and people who 12 years ago would have
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New Law Aims To Improve Transition For Low Level Offenders
New York City :: NY :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Governor Andrew Cuomo this week signed legislation making it easier for New Yorkers convicted of minor crimes to get back on their feet. The new legislation will ease the process for parolees to get a job or housing. A judge can currently wave
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Opportunity or obligation? Realignment offers differing perspectives, no easy task for Humboldt County
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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For county agencies that are the focus of Gov. Jerry Brown's push to bring government closer to people while at the same time saving the state money, the last six months have been spent trying to figure out what realignment will look like. Now, with
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Fate unclear for Calif. inmate firefighting crews
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Calif. (AP) — State officials in California are concerned that a move to save money and reduce the state's prison population will have major consequences during firefighting season, jeopardizing a program that puts 4,300 state prison inmates on the
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