When it comes to law and order, justice, crimes, criminals and
government; politicians tend to go with the publics viewpoint.
Regardless of what might be humane or just; they go with the
hysteria of the day or the current trend or thought concerning
the best way to deal with criminals, or those that comment crimes -
those who break the laws of society - as the public decides is the
best way to deal with them. Politicians who don't follow this line
of
thought tend not to be elected or re-elected. Laws are passed to
show that the government is listening to the people and being tough
on crime even if that isn't in the best interest of society or the best
way to deal with the issue of crime, criminals, justice, law or order.
This page will look at what is going on up in Sacramento. What is
going on with the women in prison; with the state prison system as
a whole and different types of decisions that need to be made to
protect those incarcerated while still keeping the public in mind.
Doing so though without letting public opinion rule all the decisions.
What is life like for Women in Prison?
Click Here to read about some
changes in regard to stopping some types of sexual abuse in the Women's
Prisons.
Right now there is a unique environment in the California Penal system.
The Federal Government has taken over
receivership of the prisons for the time being because of lawsuits by
prisoners and prison groups over treatment
and conditions found within California Prisons. Below are a series of
articles detailing what is going on within the
California prison system right now and what the federal Judge has been doing
to change conditions for prisoners
within the system.
