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1. Prison-Related Ministries
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- Home Explanation Schedule Candidate App Newsletter Groupings Team Info Pilgrim/Candidate Lists Prayer/Praise Board Chrysalis Prison-Related Ministries Links .
- Kairos Prison Ministry.
- Kairos Prison Ministry is an interdenominational Christian ministry. Normally twice a year, a team of laymen and clergy go into various prison institutions located throughout Southern California for a Kairos three-day weekend, to bring to as many as 42 new inmates Christ's unconditional love.
- In this area, weekends are currently being held for men at Terminal Island Federal Correction Facility in Long Beach, for men at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, and for both men and women at Victorville Federal Correction Facility in Victorville. ...
- In addition to the Kairos Prison Ministry, there is a Kairos Outside Ministry for the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of male inmates. ...
- Epiphany is a prison ministry for youth held three times a year at The Ventura Youth Correctional Facility. The format of these weekends is similar to Kairos weekends, but they are designed to minister to youth who are in prison. ...
2. Ironwood State Prison, Blythe, Calif. - Prison Talk
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- Ironwood State Prison, Blythe, Calif.
- You are currently viewing the Prison Talk Online Archive. ...
- My husband is @ Ironwood State Prison. I just want to let everyone know that Ironwood State Prison has a very friendly staff. I have been to several prisons, and this prison is the best I have been too regarding staff. ...
- I have an aerial picture of Ironwood http://www. ... state. ...
- My son has spent time in two California prisons, Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown and Folsom State Prison. ... In fact, his time in prison was extended because it took more than two months before he was given "double-time". He also ended up in Ad Seg at Jamestown because a prison employee knew the family of his victim and he was segregated for "his own protection". ... I think it would be interesting for others to write about what some of the prisons around the state are like. ...
3. Prison-Related Ministries
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- Home Explanation Schedule Candidate App Newsletter Chrysalis Groupings Team Info Latest Pilgrim List Prayer/Praise Board Prison-Related Ministries Links .
- Kairos Prison Ministry.
- Kairos Prison Ministry is an interdenominational Christian ministry. Normally twice a year, a team of laymen and clergy go into various prison institutions located throughout Southern California for a Kairos three-day weekend, to bring to as many as 42 new inmates Christ's unconditional love.
- In this area, weekends are currently being held for men at Terminal Island Federal Correction Facility in Long Beach, for men at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, and for both men and women at Victorville Federal Correction Facility in Victorville. ...
- In addition to the Kairos Prison Ministry, there is a Kairos Outside Ministry for the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of male inmates. ...
- Epiphany is a prison ministry for youth held three times a year at The Ventura Youth Correctional Facility. The format of these weekends is similar to Kairos weekends, but they are designed to minister to youth who are in prison. ...
4. Article: List of California state prisons
- en.wikipedia.org
- List of California state prisons.
- This is a list of state prisons in California. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of California. ...
- Avenal State Prison California Correctional Center California Correctional Institution California Institution for Men California Institution for Women California Men's Colony California Medical Facility California Rehabilitation Center California State Prison, Los Angeles County California State Prison, Sacramento California State Prison, Solano California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran Calipatria State Prison Centinela State Prison Central California Women's Facility Chuckawalla Valley State Prison Corcoran State Prison Correctional Training Facility Deuel Vocational Institution Folsom State Prison High Desert State Prison Ironwood State Prison Mule Creek State Prison Northern California Women's Facility North Kern State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison Pleasant Valley State Prison R. ... Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain Salinas Valley State Prison San Quentin State Prison Sierra Conservation Center Valley State Prison for Women Wasco State Prison .
5. NationalDirectory : Society Religion and Spirituality Christianity Organizations Ministries Prison Kairos
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- Top > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Organizations > Ministries > Prison > .
- East Tennessee Kairos Prison Ministry - Volunteer organization formed to share God's love with residents of correctional facilities in the region. ...
- Kairos - Cursillo method based prison ministry. ...
- Kairos Ironwood Prison Ministry - Ironwood State Prison near Blythe, California. ...
- Kairos Ohio - Ohio region of international prison ministry. ...
- Kairos Prison Ministry (UK) - Ministry aimed at showing the love of God to those in prison. ...
- Kairos Prison Ministry Gauteng - South Africa. ...
- Kairos Prison Ministry of Oklahoma - Includes calendar, programs, contact information, and forms. ...
- Kairos Stiles - Ministry bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ behind prison walls at the Mark Stiles Unit in Beaumont, Texas. ...
- Kairos at Darrington - Information about the ministry serving the Texas prison unit. ...
- Kairos of North Carolina - Regional division of national prison ministry. ...
- Kairos of North Texas - Includes prison units served, events, and newsletter. ...
6. Letters to the Editor
- cityofblythe.net
- Despite the dynamics of these political events, let me say again, should a Great State Budget Compromise not be forged in Sacramento this month, public schools in California face great fiscal peril.
- Regardless of our political beliefs, deeply held or casually embraced, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Moon Gazing, it is important for all of us with a commitment to Public Education to appreciate the importance of a state budget being passed by the Constitutional deadline of June 30.
- In doing so, I am confident we can agree that communicating with our state representatives to urge them to reach a bipartisan budget agreement on time is vital to every public school, every student, every parent, every teacher in the State of California.
- As individual citizens, as voters, our voices are listened to in the State Capitol. ... The state budget must be passed on time.
- Lets take a look at the college program that is currently being run out of Ironwood State Prison.
- First, lets talk about the funding the inmates at Ironwood State Prison receive in order to go to college. ... The prison has approximately 250 inmates registered at the time of this letter. ... Can you imagine what this will cost us, the taxpayers, if Jim Hall and Jim Hottois get their way and expand the prison college program another 550 inmates? It sure seems that the college is making a bank with this program.
7. Friends on Both Sides is proud to present
- www.friendsonbothsides.com
- Box 2199 Ironwood State Prison Blythe, CA 92226 Years remaining in prison: 5 Sex: Male Age: 30 Race: Black Birthday: 3-15-70 Desired age range: Any age Sex Preference: Either Inmate's Religion: Baptist .
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8. Prison Graffiti
- www.blythechamber.org
- Prison Graffiti.
- The inmate that sketch this picture, expresses life in prison. ...
- Blythe, California home of "Chuckawalla State Prison & Ironwood State Prison".
9. Inmates may not have been retested after medical test company faked results - NCTimes.net
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- Clinical Labs conducted tests on inmates from at least seven state prisons before being shut down by health inspectors in May 1997 after a surprise inspection. The December 1996 inspection revealed that lab workers were simply making up results on vital medical tests and typing them into a computer, according to federal and state documents obtained by the Chronicle. ...
- Seven state prisons received notices from federal regulators in March 1997 warning that problems at B. ...
- Yet since March, when the Chronicle first inquired into the matter, the state Department of Corrections has been unable to produce records showing that the state prison system took any steps to retest those prisoners whose results were suddenly called into question. ...
- Donna Wilson, of the DOC's Health Care Services division, said there were no directives from top state prison officials requiring retesting, because medical decisions are delegated to each prison. ...
- Chuckawalla Valley State Prison medical officials say they sent some test samples to be reprocessed at local hospitals after doctors learned of the B. ...
- Corey Weinstein, a San Francisco physician who consults with advocacy groups on prison medical issues, said it's unlikely retesting occurred at every prison. ...
- Weinstein said prison medical staffs are "demoralized," and "are not involved with the patients in a way that would protect them from this kind of malfeasance by another provider. ...
- test results were the Northern California Women's Facility in Stockton; Calipatria State Prison in Calipatria; Lancaster State Prison in Los Angeles; Chuckawalla Valley State Prison and Ironwood State Prison in Blythe; Central California's Women's Facility in Chowchilla; and Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy. ...
10. Prison Angels: Inmates for Ironwood State Prison (California)
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11. California State Senate Republican Caucus
- republican.sen.ca.gov
- The state budget bill that Governor Wilson recently signed into law contains $4. ...
- "The fact that this funding made it through the budget process is great news," said Assemblyman Jim Battin (R- La Quinta), who earlier this year carried Assembly Bill 372, which sought to provide state income tax credits to those who donated computers to this program.
- "When AB 372 was stalled on a partisan vote in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, I was concerned that it would not be possible to secure any state money for computer refurbishing," Battin said. ...
- "Last year the Detwiler Foundation was instrumental in enabling the state to achieve this leverage," Battin said. "We are hoping that this year's Fund will permit their involvement so that state money can be spent as effectively as it was last year. ...
- "Assemblyman Battin has been of tremendous assistance in helping to get computers into classrooms, both in his district, and throughout the state," said Diana Detwiler, who is the Executive Director of the Detwiler Foundation Computers for Schools Program.
- The Foundation then arranges to have the computers refurbished, often by inmates in prison training programs. ...
- The refurbished and upgraded computers are then equitably distributed to schools throughout the 10 regions of the state.
- Locally, inmates at Calipatria State Prison, Centinela State Prison and Ironwood State Prison are participating in these computer refurbishing efforts. Chuckawalla State Prison, meanwhile, plays a role in the distribution of the refurbished computers to schools.
- "Last week I visited Calipatria Prison, and had an opportunity to take a first-hand look at their computer refurbishing program," Battin said. "Out of 5000 computers that they have received, they have refurbished about 2500 state-of-the-art 486 and Pentium computers. ...
- "By working in concert with the state, however, volunteer organizations like the Detwiler Computers for Schools Program, are playing a very important role in correcting this situation. ...
- The funding of the California Computer Refurbishing Fund will receive is in addition to official state allocations for the installation of computers in public schools, and will in no way reduce the amount of money those programs receive.
12. Prison Ministry Network. Ecumenical Ministry of Ironwood. Webpage of the member of International Network of Prison Ministries.
- prisonministry.net
- I was in prison and you visited me.
- Our Prison Ministry or Company Name: .
- Ecumenical Ministry of Ironwood .
- We are the ministers who serve the men at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe. We also have a prison next to us Chuckawalla State Prison. ...
- We are dedicated to serve Jesus Christ for the purpose of converting the men who are willing to change their lives so that they will not return to the prison but become upright and produc tive Christains in the world. ...
- Chuckawalla Valley State.
- Ironwood State Prison.
- Additional Information About Our Prison Ministry: .
- Updated: 9 Feb 2004 Go To International Network of Prison Ministries.
- Contact International Network of Prison Ministries regarding this ministry .
- This free web page is hosted by International Network of Prison Ministries.
13. California Western School of Law
- www2.cwsl.edu
- Atkins, 35, never saw the light of day outside of Ironwood State Prison for 12 years. ...
- "The prison system is the lynching system for the black man today," said Atkins, recalling before an audience at California Western School of Law the day when the prosecutor asked the victim if she recognized the African-American man who committed the crime against her.
- Twelve years later, and with the assistance of appellate criminal defense attorney Douglas Myers '89 and the Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School in New York, Atkins was released from prison in February, but not before it took several years to obtain DNA evidence from the prosecution. ...
- A bill is currently pending in the state legislature that would put California on par with Illinois and New York. ...
- "What can be more horrifying for a profession charged with promoting and protecting justice than to learn of an innocent person sentenced to prison, or even perhaps even being executed, for something he or she did not do," said Steven R. ...
- The state's remorse? Two hundred dollars - 2 percent of the $10,000 maximum under California law, regardless of the length of incarceration. Bills are currently pending in the federal government, one which would give the wrongly convicted $100 for every day spent in prison.
- Until California Western announced the California Innocence Project in May, there was no outlet of last measure in the state for those who have been wrongly convicted. Atkins singles out California Western alumnus Myers, who took on the case at the request of friend and well-known DNA expert Bill Thompson from the University of California, Irvine, Neufeld and his partner, Barry Scheck - calling them "heroes" - and calls on state governments to put an end to the denial of innocence. ... There should be a law established in every state. ...
- The statistics strongly suggest it; I suspect about one-quarter to one-third of the people in prison are actually innocent, and they're serving long prison terms. ...
14. Articles by other Journalist
- www.geocities.com
- Guard our budget from prison spending .
- This article appeared in the Orange County Register on January 13, 1999, just after I was able to get an admission from the Tehachapi Warden during a televised senate hearing that prison guards were running the drug rings. Is it not the height of hypocrisy that we have so many people locked up for life over nonviolent drug violations and that prison guards are merely reprimanded for breaking the same laws. ...
- Drugs in prison .
- A recent drug bust at Ironwood State Prison near Blythe highlights a problem that is almost certainly more widespread than officials admit. ... 30 was not a street punk but one of the prison guards. More arrests, quite likely of prison guards or civilian prison employees, could follow. ...
- In November a female prison guard was arrested, along with two cooks and a parolee with a violent past, as part of a ring smuggling drugs -- heroin was seized in November, methamphetamine in an earlier arrest -- into San Quentin. ...
- Last July a 54-year-old veteran prison guard at New Folsom prison near Sacramento was arrested after buying a pound of marijuana from relatives of inmates who were working undercover for the prison system. Officers also seized $19,000 in cash and bank deposits that they said were prison drug profits. ...
- Perhaps, as prison officials say, these incidents represent only a few "bad apples" in the system. But Andy Furillo of the Sacramento Bee, in researching this story, talked to a parolee with a long history of drug convictions who claimed that his "job" while inside prison was cultivating guards and other prison employees for drug smuggling, that he was quite successful at it and that the practice is widespread throughout the California prison system. ...
- That possibility is reinforced by an incident last Wednesday at a state Senate hearing for three wardens up for periodic reinstatement. A spokesman for a new group of prisoner families, called United for No Injustice, Oppression or Neglect (or UNION), claimed that guards at the Tehachapi prison ran drug rings. ...
- The arrest at Ironwood was the work of the California Department of Corrections' new Office of Internal Affairs, created last summer in response to state Senate hearings into allegations of prisoner abuse at Corcoran State Prison near Bakersfield. So there's evidence that those in charge are trying to correct at least some abuses in the prison system. ...
15. Legislature clears change for sex offender registry
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- Glenn Coffee would make it a felony for convicted sex offenders to fail to notify the state Corrections Department and local law enforcement officers at least three days before they move. ...
- State prison locked down after protest ends in fires .
- Aberdeen, Washington state - Prison officials locked down Stafford Creek Correctional Center yesterday after inmates boycotted meals and set fires to protest the cable-TV lineup, recreation schedule and job opportunities at the state's newest prison. Nobody was injured, and no state property was damaged in the disturbances that began Sunday morning, said Doug Waddington, prison superintendent. ...
- Inmates also protested crowding in the gym and weight room of the year-old prison, Waddington said. ...
- Because the prison's infirmary was limited during construction, inmates were selected for their youth and health. ...
- Many of the inmates also lost desirable prison jobs when they were transferred to Stafford Creek, Waddington said. While prisoners who work in fabrication shops for private companies can make nearly the minimum wage, menial jobs inside prison pay much less. ...
- The prison hopes to add a furniture-building operation in the future, Waddington said. ...
- Road trip heads to prison.
- Nearly half the seats have been reserved for the first excursion, most by people who want to visit inmates at the Ojibway Correctional Facility in the far western Upper Peninsula, about 25 miles east of Ironwood. Other stops will be made at the Marquette Branch Prison and the Baraga Maximum Correctional Facility. ...
- The group was born out of Rogers' own desire to see her son, who was sent to prison in 1993. ...
- Without that contact, Banks became depressed and developed a bad attitude with prison guards, his mother said. ...
- More than 9,700 inmates are housed in the Upper Peninsula's nine state prisons and five prison camps, The Grand Rapids Press reported Monday. ...
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16. Prison Ministry Links
- christian-ambassadors.org
- Prison Ministry Links.
- The following links are provided to help you locate other ministries that may be of assistance to you in bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ into the lives of prison inmates or their families. ...
- Colorado Justice Ministries Network - A network of ministries in the state of Colorado, bringing ministry to prison inmates, victims of crime, inmate families, and recently released inmates.
- Charles is an ex-member of the Manson family, now in prison, born again and serving God. ...
- - provide prison chaplains with free Christian literature and videos. ...
- Bill Glass Ministries - evangelistic prison ministry. ...
- - criminal justice ministry that shares God's love with the lost, hurting and forgotten in prison. ...
- Chapel of Hope - prison ministry building inmate chapels in Texas prisons to reduce recidivism. ...
- Church at Prison - teaching Christian living to prisoners. ...
- Church of Christ Prison Ministry of Florida - believes that as long as there are prisons, Christians should minister to prisoners. ...
- Freedom Pure - dedicated to spreading the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ to Women in Prison and their families. ...
- GAP Prison Ministries - Their mission is to assist the ministry of local churches in bridging the gap between the church body on the street and the church body behind bars. ...
- International Prison Ministry - supplier of Christian books, Bibles and rehabilitation materials for prison ministries, prisoners and chaplains. ...
- Kairos Prison Ministry - Kairos Prison Ministry "You came into prison and you visited me" Matthew 25:36 .
- We are also going to both Chuckawalla State Prison and Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, CA, twice a month. ...
- Lawyer Texas Parole - Lawyer presenting parole arguments and interviews for convicts and criminals in TDCJ prison eligible for review by The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. ...
17. US CA: Drugs In Prisons
- www.mapinc.org
- SACRAMENTO -- The dealers traded in marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, through inmate net-works in San Quentin, New Fo1som and Ironwood state prisons. ...
- Smuggling `significant' Corrections officials do not have any statistics about Institutional drug-smuggling cases involving officers and other prison employees. ...
- , created 1ast summer as a result of the legislative hearings into abuses at Corcoran State Prison. ...
- At Ironwood State Prison near Blythe, In Riverside County, some 50 officers under the direction of the Sacramento-based OIA swept through 130 cells looking for drugs, finding unspecified quantities of unidentified narco-contraband, officials said. ...
- Nothing In the Ironwood Investigation has been turned over yet to prosecutors. ...
- The Ironwood case followed other officer busts involving inmate drug operations in California State Prison, Sacramento also known as New Folsom and San Quentin Prison. ...
18. PE.com | Inland Southern California | Inland News
- www.netz-tipp.de
- About 20 percent of the state's inmates are mentally ill, officials say, and correctional facilities are adding space and services to help them .
- Prison isn't about throwing someone behind bars and tossing away the key. It's about finding out why inmates have committed crimes, and what California can do to help them, prison experts said. ...
- About 20 percent of the state's 160,000 inmates are mentally ill and 22 percent of the state's 4,500 wards have mental health issues, officials said. ...
- 1 million Americans in jail and prison are seriously mentally ill -- a figure nearly three times the number of people in state mental hospitals. ...
- "You can throw a rock in a (prison) yard and chances are you will hit someone who has special needs," said Phil Shimmin, program administrator at the Heman G. ...
- With more and more mentally ill inmates and wards being sentenced each year to state prisons and correctional youth facilities, the state has had to take a deeper look at how it treats its mentally ill prisoners, said Margot Bach, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections. ...
- Several recent lawsuits also have forced the state to start building more medical facilities for wards and inmates, as well as relax regulations against certain prisoners, such as those in isolation units at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California, she said. ...
- Keith Wattley, a staff attorney with the Prison Law Office, a San Francisco-based advocacy organization for inmates and their families, said the state has made dramatic improvements to its care for the mentally ill. ...
- Part of the Coleman case would also prohibit the state from placing inmates on certain medications at the desert facilities of Chuckawalla Valley and Ironwood state prisons in Blythe due to the extreme heat, Wattley said. ...
- "You can throw a rock in a (prison) yard and chances are you will hit someone who has special needs," said Phil Shimmin, program administrator at the Heman G. ...
- While the state is doing a good job taking care of mentally ill inmates, it is unfortunate that many prisoners are sentenced to prison for petty crimes, said Dr. ...
- Lamb said California needs to stop closing state mental hospitals, where criminals with petty crimes could be sent instead of prison. ...
- The California Department of Corrections is trying to do what it can for those with mental illnesses, and Bach agreed that many of the state's inmates should be at hospitals instead. ...
19. Sievers1's Home Page 4
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- NEEDED: Godly Men!! With Renewal Background For Prison Ministry At Ironwood State Prison in Blythe. ...
- Kairos Prison Ministry is an ecumenical Christian organization with the purpose of building strong Christian communities within the environment of correctional institutions. Kairos is planning the second 3-day weekend at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe to be held in the Fall of 1999. Kairos is a continuing prison ministry launched with the presentation of a 3-day short course in Christianity. ...
- For a variety of reasons, from 30 to 70 percent of those released will return to prison again. ...
- Kairos files are full of letters from prison superintendents, wardens, correctional officers and other members of the criminal justice system detailing the extremely favorable impact the Kairos ministry has had on the quality of life in prisons across the country and in Canada. ...
- Each volunteer must be cleared by the state of California for security purposes. The volunteers who work a Kairos team make a commitment to return to that prison once a month for a reunion with the residents. ...
- Kairos Ironwood @aol. ...
- Ironwood Information.
20. PE.com | Inland Southern California | Corona-Norco
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- --> State to reduce inmate visiting days to two a week .
- CHANGE: The budget-based cuts in allowed interactions upset some prison advocates. ...
- Ironwood (Blythe): 2 .
- Visiting days at all California prisons will be limited to two days a week starting Thursday, a move prison advocates and inmates say is unfair and will lead to more violence behind bars. ...
- Some people, like former inmate Tommy Reyes, wonder why the state would choose to take something that helps inmates adjust to the outside world when they are paroled and gives them incentive to be better behaved while in prison. ...
- The state Department of Corrections expects to save $5. ...
- Until now, California had been a leading state in allowing a high number of visiting days, according to the Family and Corrections Network based in Virginia. ...
- Many prison advocates and attorneys say it doesn't make sense to limit visits from family. ...
- Studies by organizations like the Family and Corrections Network show that inmates who do not receive any visits are six times more likely to return to prison in their first year of parole than those who receive at least three regular visitors. ...
- The first question inmates are asked by the Board of Prison Terms when they have a parole hearing is what their contact and support is like with those in the free world, said Charles Carbone, an attorney with California Prison Focus in San Francisco. ...
- Bach also said that not every prison will be affected by the change in visiting days. Some of California's 32 prisons, like the Ironwood and Chuckawalla Valley facilities in Blythe, already limit visiting to two days per week. ...
- The California Rehabilitation Center in Norco and Pelican Bay State Prison allow visiting on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and the California Institution for Men in Chino allows visitors Thursdays, Fridays, Saturday an Sundays. ...
- Visiting prisons always has been difficult, but as more and more prisons are built in rural areas, it has made the institutions more isolated from the rest of the population, said Cynthia Chandler, co-director of Justice Now, an Oakland-based human rights organization that works with women in prison. ...
- "The vast majority of people in prison are poor and from urban settings," Chandler said. ...
- Reyes, a member of Families to Amend Three Strikes, said traveling to Pelican Bay State Prison to see his two incarcerated brothers is a hardship. It takes about 12 hours to drive to the Crescent City institution, and there's always the chance that the maximum-security prison could be in a lockdown and he won't be allowed in. ...
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- Thank you for your interest in Kairos at Ironwood State Prison.
- Kairos Ironwood #1 was held in the winter of 1998. ...
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22. Kansas City infoZine - College Inmate Program Stirs Debate - USA
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- by Zenica Chatman - Should prison inmates be allowed to earn a college education, or should officials just lock them in jail, throw away the key and let them fend for themselves? .
- Should prison inmates be allowed to earn a college education? Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - The administrators at Ironwood State Prison, in Blythe, Calif. ... The Ironwood Palo Verde College Inmate Program is one of only two programs in the state that allow prison inmates to receive college degrees. ... The inmates take on a full load of classes in addition to other jobs assigned to them by the prison. ... "The program has been extremely successful," says Rick Babb, community resources coordinator of the college program at Ironwood State Prison. Babb also commented that since the program has been in existence he has seen a decrease in gang activity and a breakdown of racial barriers in the prison. ... Textbooks are provided through a program called EOPS, or Extended Opportunity Program and Services, which is a state program that helps those who are economically or educationally disadvantaged. The Distance Education Program is the program that facilitates the program at Ironwood, and is provided for all in the community. Current state law prohibits the college from providing education strictly for inmates, and education must be equally available to the general population of the community. There is only one similar program, which is offered by Patton University to inmates in San Quentin State Prison, in which the university decides who is eligible to participate in the program. ... The California Correctional Peace Officers Association is trying to stop the continuance of the Ironwood- Palo Verde College Inmate program, arguing that state-funded education to inmates is wrong, and cost too much money. This battle has been an ongoing issue and has grabbed the attention of California state senator John Burton, according to news reports in the L.
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23. Cool Links
- www.pastorstoprisoners.org
- Associated Chaplains in California State Service .
- Provides Christian videos free of charge to chaplains for use in prison ministry. ...
- Provides information on ministries involved in jail and prison ministry and after care for prisoners. ...
- Finland Prison Chaplaincy .
- A Prison Outreach brochure published quarterly .
- International Network of Prison Ministries .
- International Prison Ministries .
- Kairos Prison Ministry, California Institution for Men, Chino, California .
- Kairos Prison Ministry, Ironwood State Prison, Blythe, California .
- I was in prison. ...
- A prison ministry that uses contemporary Praise and Worship music to draw others into the presence of God. ...
- Dedicated to bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to those in prison, jail, and to family members of inmates. ...
- Re-Entry Prison & Jail Ministry .
24. Budget News 6/01/03
- www.ccpoarjd.org
- s, judges highest-paid state workers.
- Sacramento -- As California faces its worst budget deficit in history, the number of state employees making salaries above $100,000 has grown to new heights -- a fivefold increase since 1995. Most of the state's highest-paid employees are judges, prison doctors and state psychiatrists who make between $130,000 and $200,000 a year, a Chronicle review of payroll records revealed. ... The state defends these salaries as competitive with the private sector, but others see the public payroll as out of control. ...
- Gray Davis is threatening layoffs if the state's payroll is not cut. Behind the scenes, state worker unions and the Davis administration are fighting over who gets the best sees their promised pay increases disappear, and who gets salary cuts or layoff notices. Amid the debate, The Chronicle obtained a list from the state controller of the 1,500 highest-paid employees, many working in some of the toughest, hardest-to-fill jobs in government. ... A psychiatrist working for one of the state's four mental hospitals can make a $152,988 salary and often significantly more for working late-night shifts and weekends. One doctor at Napa State Hospital made an extra $100,752 in this "medical officer of the day" compensation, the records show. ... Three doctors at Corcoran State Prison, for example, made $114,289, $99,857 and $99,392, respectively, on top of their base salaries. In total, three dozen other prison doctors and state psychiatrists made more than $50,000 apiece in extra-shift pay. Overall, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of state workers making more than $100,000 a year. In 1995, a little more than 1,000 government workers made six-figure salaries -- but now 5,125 employees are in the 100K club, according to Capitol Weekly, which tracks state salaries.
- Almost all of them are staff psychiatrists and doctors at state hospitals and prisons. The chief psychiatrist at the Ironwood State Prison, located in the desolate Sonoran Desert near the Arizona border, made only $8 less than Davis. The highest-paid state employee is Mark Anson, who made $434,526 as the chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System. ...
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