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Criminal justice realignment, enacted via the Budget Act of 2011 and various budget trailer bills, is intended to make changes to California’s correctional system… “to stop the costly, ineffective and unsafe ‘revolving door’ of lower-level offenders and parole violators through our state prisons,” according to Governor Jerry Brown. This site contains materials for the courts, justice partners, and...

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When Governor Brown’s budget passed in June, it had a provision that greatly changed the way county jails operate in California. It’s called Assembly Bill 109 or The Prison Re-alignment bill which is set to take effect October 1st. Counties will see many of the people they sent to prison, return to local jails. There will be quite...

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Public Safety Realignment Act To Take Effect Saturday SAN DIEGO — San Diego County officials have a plan to accommodate some 4,000 criminals whose incarceration or supervision is about to become the county’s responsibility, according to a report presented Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors…[For full story: http://www.10news.com/news/29318950/detail.html ] Here is the original post: San Diego County Supervisors...

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In ignoring the state’s open meeting law on AB 109 realignment, the L.A. County supervisors locked the public out of a key policy discussion for their own ease and convenience. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors sat down Monday with Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss AB 109 realignment, under which counties, beginning Saturday, take responsibility for a...

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KSBY TV Channel 6 News – Posted: Sep 27, 2011 4:01 PM by Caroline Lowe Counties throughout California are bracing for an influx of low-level felons who will serve their time in local jails instead of state prisons. The shift,which starts Saturday,is part of the state’s public safety realignment policy and the result of a federal court order...

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The Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Niger have become the latest countries from Africa to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Read more: Four African nations sign on to the Nagoya Protocol on...

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The programme runs in partnership with Raleigh International, the Indian government, the UN's Development Programme and several Indian non-governmental organisations. More here: Airbus employees embark on third biodiversity project to India

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Before the end of the century, Yellowstone National Park could experience summers that feel like Los Angeles's, according to a report released Tuesday. See more here: How Climate Change Could Hurt Yellowstone National Park

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Conserving key rainforests in Indonesia could generate revenues three times greater than felling them for palm oil plantations. Original post: Investing in forests a win-win for communities, climate - UNEP

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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa and Vietnam have launched talks toward an agreement to curb rhino poaching, which has soared in recent years driven by booming demand in Asia, officials said on Wednesday. Go here to read the rest: South Africa, Vietnam launch talks on rhino poaching