SACRAMENTO – Working with local law enforcement, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) today launched version 2.0 of its online parolee database that provides police and sheriff’s deputies faster and more thorough access to offender information, including photos and criminal background.

“The delivery of timely and accurate information is always key in developing positive partnerships and assists all law enforcement agencies to protect public safety,” said CDCR Secretary Matthew L. Cate. “This new LEADS system developed by CDCR parole will provide local law enforcement with detailed information about parolees in their communities.”

“I want to personally thank all participating local law enforcement agencies in working with us to better protect the public by helping to improve this tool to be more precise and user-friendly.”

The enhanced tool, called the Parole Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS 2.0), was developed in partnership by the CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations and Enterprise Information Services, and features a number of improvements including easier navigation, similar to an e-commerce website.

via CDCR Today: Statewide Law Enforcement Access to “Real Time” CDCR Parolee Data Now Available.

Latley; we got a few things going on the biggest is Kevin. He came to us from Chino prison about a mth ago and has been trying to get a transfer to NY ever sence. Kevin lives with us and has been a great assest to the family. He’s a great father a good freind and a kind soul. My wife and Ican’t understand why he’s even on parole. Here in California we are facing seriuos budget cuts and parole has been kicking out inmates by force of the feds some without parole. But not Kevin. So stick around and see what happens with Kevin, there will be a video posted on this home page in the next day or 2.

http://myprisonspace.org/

We are working on a couple new things we’d like to introduce along with the updated site so please stay tuned!

Bernie Madoff appears to have none of the remorse expected of a man staring down a 150-year prison sentence.

According to a lengthy new piece by Steve Fishman in New York magazine, Madoff, who apparently pals around with a former mob boss and a spy in a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina told a fellow inmante, “F— my victims. I carried them for twenty years, and now I’m doing 150 years.”

via Bernie Madoff: “F–k My Victims”.

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Day one you’ll panel with your peers and judge the most creative and passionate business pitches you’ve ever heard.

via Prison Entrepreneurship Program.

The cafe recently opened in 2009 and business has been slowly building. “Everybody that comes in says it’s really good, the food’s good. I think we’ve had a positive reaction from them,” said Utah Dept. of Corrections Carolyn Price

via Utah State Prison opens doors for new restaurant – KSTU.

The ruling supported the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, signed by President George W. Bush in 2006, and authorized the civil commitment of sexually dangerous federal inmates.

“A federal civil-commitment statute authorizes the Department of Justice to detain a mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoner beyond the date the prisoner would otherwise be released,” said Justice Stephen Breyer, who wrote the majority opinion for the 7-2 ruling.

via Supreme Court rules ’sexually dangerous’ inmates can be held in prison indefinitely.

Kerik, who pleaded guilty in November to tax fraud, lying to the White House and other counts, was to start a four-year prison term, but the Bureau of Prisons said it would not identify the prison until after he reports.

In a statement dated Sunday on his website, the former 9/11 hero said he could not remain silent “in the face of what I believe has been a grave injustice.” He said he pleaded guilty to eight felonies in November because he was “financially helpless” and could have spent a year behind bars just awaiting trial.

via The Associated Press: Ex-NYC top cop to start federal prison term.

“We get three hots here,’’ Townsend, 40, said while taking a short break from sweeping the yard at La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz., a desert town halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. “It’s all right. It’s decent.’’

La Palma, which houses about 2,900 convicts from California, is one of 65 facilities operated by Corrections Corp. of America.

As is the case at the company’s other facilities, all the workers at La Palma, from the guards and office staff to the warden, are employed not by a government agency but by Nashville-based Corrections Corp.

via Cash-strapped states fuel lucrative business for privatized prisons – The Boston Globe.