Community CommentaryRejected spending and the prisoner crisisThomas D. EliasAugust 21, 2013July 22, 2015 August 21, 2013July 22, 20150331 For every action, goes the law of both physics and politics, there is a reaction, a consequence....
Community CommentaryConstitutional crisis coming over prisons?Thomas D. EliasMay 29, 2013July 22, 2015 May 29, 2013July 22, 20150344 Rarely since the Civil War have state officials anywhere in America been as close to openly defying federal authority as Gov. Jerry Brown and the...
Community CommentaryAlternatives to prison realignment could be worseThomas D. EliasFebruary 24, 2013July 22, 2015 February 24, 2013July 22, 20150333 As crime statistics for 2012 gradually filter in from around the state, gripes about the 15-month-old prison realignment program have begun rising in newspaper headlines...