Why Doesn’t It Happen More Often? Lessons from the Chino Riot
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Looking at the carnage from this past weekend’s riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino, and considering that the prison was operating at almost 3,000 inmates over capacity, it’s amazing that more intense violence doesn’t regularly occur in California’s prisons. Is there a way to safely house violent offenders from warring gangs with bitter racial enmity? And how will the coming state budget cuts, and release of thousands of inmates, impact the stressed prison system?
Guests:
Seth Unger, press secretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Rene “Boxer” Enriquez, former “carnal” in the Mexican Mafia and current inmate in a prison in the southwest U.S. He is the subject of and inspiration for Chris Blatchford’s book on the Mexican Mafia, “The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer”
Dennis Yates, Mayor of Chino
Robert Weisberg, professor of law and director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center at Stanford Law School
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
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The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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