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Notes from Susan Rowe, Chair of the Madera County Democratic Party

by Kim Stevens [courtesy of Party Line]


At the 19th CD caucus for Clinton held in Madera, CA there were over 160 in attendance. The delegate winners are attorneys Betty Julian from Modesto and Duane Nelson from Turlock with the alternate pledge delegate postiton be awared to Young Democrat, Ian Wieland of Madera. Ian is the President of the Fresno State College Democrats.

At the 19th CD caucus for Obama held at California State University Fresno's Student Union there were over 140 in attendance. The Yosemite Dems pledeged delegate winners for Obama are John Friedrich of Mariposa and Dezie Woods-Jones of Madera Ranchos.

Also Will Oliver of Madera will be attending the National Young Democrats Convention and the DNC Convention that are both being held in Denver. Will is a Democracy For America Member, a Madera County Democratic Central Committee Member, a California Democratic Party Delegate and a Fresno State College Democrat.

Let's take our country back, turn the 19th Congressional District BLUE in 2008!
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Photos and article: http://www.maderatribune.com/news/newsview.asp?c=240774

New National Report on Sentencing Reform Should Be Applied to California Prisons

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

Barbara-Owens.gif By Barbara Owen
Professor
Department of Criminology
California State University-Fresno

Introduction

As California leads the nation in irrational prison policy, a new report calls for major reforms to reduce the prison population. Unlocking America: Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population, is co-authored by nine leading criminology and penal experts from around the country and relies on a thorough review of recent research into crime and incarceration. Several of these authors have researched the California system which serves as a cautionary tale of political and policy missteps.

Under current sentencing policies, the state and federal prison populations will grow by another 192,000 prisoners over the next five years, according to the report. Such an increase will force the nation to spend an additional $27.5 billion in prison construction and operation costs over the five-year period, in addition to the $60 billion now spent annually on corrections. In California, the annual cost is quickly approaching $10 billion per year. Recent legislation has called for many more billions to be spent on prison construction.

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