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Inmates' Attorneys Battle California Governor Over Prison Oversight

March 28, 2013, 9:04 am • Posted by Laird Harrison
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by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struggled with how to gauge whether conditions for mentally ill inmates in California prisons have improved enough under federal oversight to return control of the facilities … Continue reading »

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California Jails Unequipped for 1,100 Long-Term Inmates

February 28, 2013, 11:00 am • Posted by Laird Harrison
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By Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—California counties are housing more than 1,100 inmates on long-term sentences in jails designed for stays of a year or less, according to the first report detailing the growth in that population under … Continue reading »

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Pelican Bay Prisoners Reportedly on Hunger Strike

July 1, 2011, 2:14 pm • Posted by Joshua Johnson
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You could call it a "prison within a prison": a supermax facility so isolating that some inmates say they haven't seen the night sky in years. Prison reform advocates say that inmates at the Security Housing Unit of California's Pelican … Continue reading »

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