Bob Walsh

The California Crisis

Bob Walsh worked for 24 years with the California Department of Corrections at Deuel Vocational Institution located near Tracy, California. He retired in early 2005. Since then he has been taking classes, exercising his obsolete camera equipment, rusticating and writing for the PacoVilla web site which focuses on issues within what is now called the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCr) and within the union representing CDCr employees, the California Correctional Peace Officer’s Association (CCPOA).

Full list of Bob Walsh results

California Health Care Facility nears completion
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Facility is being built on the grounds of the old CYA (California Youth Authority, now DJJ, Division of Juvenile Justice) property
New leader, new direction: This isn't looking good
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Why don't these leaders listen to people with experience in running a corrections system?
Tell the Governor to reject parole for CO killer Michael Martin
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Under California law Governor Brown has the ability to stop Martin's release on parole
The disturbing case of Joe Louie Saenz
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The CDCR may be tweaking the books to make realignment look like a success
2012 year in review: The year in Calif. corrections
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Two massive shifts include "realignment" and the population cap
The schizophrenic Calif. voter
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The voters are a strange lot, and sometimes go in two directions in the same election
A very bad idea: Overpopulation and 'MegaDorms'
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Rather than losing bed space when the California Rehabilitation Center closes down, the DOC is looking to build several 800 bed dorms
Could a convergence of changes sink the Calif. system?
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A lack of experience at headquarters and a loss of experienced officials at the institution level combined with changes in classification levels will create the potential for a massive blow up
Federal parole vs. state parole: What's the difference?
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There is a lot of misconception about parole vs. probation and state vs. federal vs. local
Dangerous repercussions of Calif.'s realignment program
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The state's realignment plan has life-threatening consequences for one unlikely victim
Is Calif.about to engage in a massive shift into less secure housing for life prisoners?
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A group of academics recently put together a report which has just been released by CDCR
The reality of layoffs in the Calif. DOC
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A combination of the recession, budget pressure, court action and political reality of realignment has taken its toll
Sheriff Joe: Modern hero or self-promoting racist?
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Arpaio has caught a lot of heat over two issues: Alleged unconstitutional conditions at the jails and racial discrimination in law enforcement directed against Hispanics
California corrections 2011: A year in review
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This has been a momentous year for the profession that can surely be defined as overwhelming, maybe even disastrous
Calif. realignment 2011: The ball is rolling, but is it rolling downhill?
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Realignment became officially operational on October 1 in the formerly great state of California
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