New Outbreak at CIW: Van Houten’s Fate in Gov. Newsom’s Hands
After a spike in early June and an apparent abatement, COVID-19 is once again tearing through the California Institute for Women (CIW) in Chino. In the last 14 days, the
Release Party for Yesterday’s Monsters
Hi, Dear Readers! My new book Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole is out from UC Press and I am inviting you to celebrate! When:
The Prefrontal Cortex Strikes Again: Bill to Raise Age for Trying Juveniles as Adults to 20
The Sac Bee reports:A California lawmaker argues that 18- and 19-year-olds aren’t mature enough to do prison time if they break the law, and so she has submitted a bill
Nonexistent Reentry in CA: When People Are Duped Into Thinking It’s All Their Fault
The opening chapter of Foucault’s Discipline and Punish compares two penal scenes: the drawing and quartering of a regicide and a drab scene from a discipline-heavy juvenile facility, 80 years
Film Review: Once Upon a Time in. . . Hollywood
I just came out of a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s new movie Once Upon a Time in. . . Hollywood, which I somewhat dreaded watching as an expert on the
Assessing the Dangerousness of Redball Criminals: Two Israel Examples
My forthcoming book Yesterday’s Monsters examines the parole hearings of the Manson Family, who have been consistently denied parole for decades. A key issue in the book is the notoriety
Yesterday’s Monsters Coming Early 2020
I’m very excited to let you know that Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole is already in production and coming out early 2020 from the
“I Am Speaking to You Through the Record”: Charles Manson’s Last Parole Hearings
To whet your appetite, this is an excerpt from my book in progress, Yesterday’s Monsters, under contract with the University of California Press. On November 19, 2017, Charles Manson died
Aquarius, Episode 12 – Spoiler Alerts
These are Hodiak, Shafe, and Walt (Hodiak’s son) sharing a beer in friendship, and toating to America, even though their fragmented and flawed understandings of what America has become pull
Aquarius, Episode 11: Spoiler Alerts
Plot-thick and sixties-thin, this episode sees Hodiak fighting for the life of his whistle-blower son by bargaining with Ken Karn. We also are exposed to more information on Manson’s deeds