Jeffrey Beard
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The Colton Police Department is investigating this tragic incident and we are thankful they immediately transported the officer to the hospital
We can't do any more without creating huge problems for the counties, without creating huge problems for this historic realignment that occurred, and without creating huge problems for the public safety, and we just won't do that
The plan is ugly. We don't like it. But considering the inmates we have left in our prison population, it's the best plan we can come up withMore quotes »
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CA Gov. Brown's 'Ugly' Plan to Avoid Prison Overcrowding Falling Short
want more focus on rehab rather than prison space. “The plan is ugly,” a Brown appointee to oversee prison issues, Jeffrey Beard, said. “We don’t like it. But … it’s the best plan we could come up with.” Brown is still short some 2,570 inmates to meet the from Big Government Read more »
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CA prisons chief says state remains at odds with federal court order
prisons chief called it “the best of the bad options.” Speaking at a press conference Friday morning, Secretary of Corrections Jeffrey Beard said, "We don’t think we need to do any more, and that’s why we haven’t submitted a plan before this. We’re only doing from Southern California Public Radio Read more »
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Calif. May Speed Inmate Releases to Ease Crowding
prisons filed by Gov. Jerry Brown late Thursday night. Brown filed the plan "under protest," said Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard. Brown warned that the options he presented to the court would undermine public safety, and Beard reiterated that the state from ABC News Read more »
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A Slight Understatement
Secretary Jeffrey Beard: "As a society, we just have not done a very good job of dealing with the mentally ill." "That money is coming out of the university, it's coming out of child care. It's a situation you wouldn't dream anyone would want."(SacBee) Dan from Calitics Read more »
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California opens $24M prison mental health center
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Karlton of Sacramento and his court-appointed special master. Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard , who took office last month, said the new treatment center shows that the state is committed to providing a constitutional from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »
