offenders, it was only used as a crime-solving tool. >> matthew cade was the head of the california department of corrections. >> so if a crime is reported, then we go back to the tracks and see if we can place them at the scene of the crime. >> gardner a lower-risk offender? again says matthew cade, it was the assessment method itself, its limitations, that failed to spot gardner's potential to be dangerous. but when gardner was paroled -- >> this was the most accurate tool in the world, and so we used it. i wish we'd known then what we know now, but the department just didn't have anything else to use at the time. >> it was based on factors such as age, number of offenses, type of crime. >> i think the public wants us to be able to predict who exactly is going to do what. we'll never be able to do that. low risk doesn't mean no risk. >> improvements have been made. there's required gps tracking of all sex offender parolees and treatment for those parolees. the treatment includes the use of polygraph tests in an effort to keep track of parolees to see if they're in danger of re-offending. >> we'll move then

california department of corrections agreed to stop the practice of putting inmates in solitary for indefinite periods of time. cannot keep gang members on ro longed isolation because they are affiliated with a gang. he tells ktvu that was in hue man. >> did you feel like you were going crazy? >> i was going crazy. >> the change means about half of the inmates currently in solitary confinement will be moved to small, high security units where they can receive phone calls, contact visits and education. objected to the change, saying putting them with others endangers the lives of all victims. >>. >>> the victim in an alleged kidnapping is safe. according to bay city news, the woman has since told police that she is unharmed and was involved in a domestic dispute at the time. the police department is asking anyone with information to police contact them. >>> 4:46 is your time right on the dot. check in with sal. >> things are not bad at the toll plaza, brian, pam. things are doing well. i've noticed in the last few weeks, we've had extra traffic at the toll plaza. yesterday personally i had to g

correctional officers are on paid administrative live pending the outcome of this -- leave pending the outcome. >>> man locked up in solitary confinement for five years welcoming policy change. california departmentcorrections agreed to stop the practice of putting inmates in solitary confinement for indefinite periods of time. prisons can no longer keep inmates in prolonged isolation simply because they are affiliated with a gang. former inmate tells us the time is in humane. >> constantly, all you hear is something bouncing off the walls. >> did you feel like you were going crazy? >> i was going crazy. >> now the change also means that about half of the 3,000 inmates currently in solitary confinement will be moved to small, high security units where they can 7 phone calls, contact visits and educational programs. prison guards objected to the change, though, saying putting high risk inmates with others endangers the lives of everyone in the prison. >>> happening today, air bnb holding a news conference about a survey that it says shows service is boosting san francisco's economy. air bnb asked land he con group to study guest impacts on neighborhood all over san francisco. of the findings, acco

. >> the california department of corrections is solely responsible for the madness that goes on in this prison system. and i'll tell you why, because when a big white boy like me goes to prison, he is expected to do his part for the white cause and it's the same for the blacks, the mexicans, the indians, the orientals, asians, everybody else. they're expected to go to prison and do their part. why? because the inmates who run the prisons are the inmates doing life and life without the possibility of parole and they don't give a damn about my parole date or anybody else's. and these guys doing life and life without, they're hopeless. they're so full of hate just because of the sentences they have that they don't care what kind of chaos they cause in there. >>> coming up -- >> we'd go for the vital areas, kidney, liver. we try to go for kill shots. >> prison gang attack methods revealed. what've we got? bp 64/40 sterilize sites. multiple foreign objects in the body. tweezers. (buzz!) (buzz!) if you're the guy from the operation game, you get operated on. it's what you do. (buzz!) if you w

california. >> wobbles that governor brown has also pledged help from the state and there's also federal help as well. >> correct. we will be receiving aid from both of those resources and departmentsgs -- resources were ordered over the -- the next few hours. >> all right. thanks a lot for joining us this morning. to the give you the latest on the evacuations. kron 4 is at the fairgrounds. one of the evacuation centers. avery? >> reporter: yeah. i'm here. they're just beginning to serve people breakfast. at least 200 people here have evacuated to come here for shelter and food and the basic necessities. i'm here with one of those people now. steph says you didn't know there was an evacuation yesterday. >> yeah. i live -- with my parents and nobody came to the door. there was no phone calls. i was sleeping and my cousin kelly kept calling and calling and calling and i got out of the bed so answer the phone. so i got up, i looked at the number. it was my cousin kelly. i walked outside and i seen one of the red cross airplanes and so something wasn't right. just smoke started coming. the wind was real, real bad, and i tried calling my parents and they didn't answer. so i was sitting