Results! Continuous and Conditional Post & Bid for June of 2007

The results are out.

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May's Chapter Meeting Minutes & Notice To Delegates

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CIM land on the market?

CHINO - California Institution for Men's transformation from beast to beauty might be more than a fairy-tale idea if the state agrees to a proposal Chino Valley city officials delivered to legislators in Sacramento this week. . . . [MORE]

The (Arb) Check Is In The Mail!

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Dismissal of charge against inmate denied

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A judge again refused to dismiss a potential death-penalty charge Thursday against a prison inmate accused of fatally stabbing a guard. Lawyers for Jon Christopher Blaylock argued the count . . . [MORE]

May's Chapter Meeting

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June's Cond/Cont Post & Bid and PIE Vacation Form

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Inmate protests charge
Accused of killing guard, he aims to get capital count tossed
By Rod Leveque, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 05/06/2007 12:00:00 AM PDT

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An inmate accused of murdering a Chino prison guard has again asked a judge to dismiss one of the charges that could bring him the death penalty.

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April 19 Chapter Meeting Minutes.

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SATF, an organization who’s time has come.

Upon request of the author, this Letter-To-The-Editor, which was submitted to the Daily Bulletin for publication, is being reprinted here. It comments on the article in the same newspaper entitled, "CIM officer wins spitting lawsuit" published today, May 3, 2007.

With a totally politicized California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations, the California Staff Assault Task Force is certainly a force who’s time has come.

Since secret agreements between Wardens and District Attorneys absolving inmates of accountability for their assaults on staff, such as the one posted on the CIM Chapter CCPOA Blog at http://cimccpoa.blogspot.com/2007/04/another-brick-in-wall.html, fail to provide any deterrence for assaults on staff by inmates, the staff members themselves must take matters into their own hands through the civil court system. Joint statements between CDCR and District Attorneys that narrowly define the types of assaults on staff that will be referred for prosecution, send a clear message to CDCR staff that they are, truly, on their own and the Staff Assault Task Force fills the vacuum left by CDCR/San Bernardino County politics.

Additionally, time is cheap for convicts and, even if prosecuted, assaulting staff is considered a badge of honor among the inmate population. What embarrasses them the most is when they have to explain to their prison associates that they can’t purchase any products from the prison store because a Correctional Officer, whom they assaulted, is taking their money until the judgment is satisfied. In the game of one-upmanship that inmates often play against staff, the SATF has found the perfect solution - Game Over.

Joe Bradley

Newport, VT