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California Prison Realignment

Running Out Of Space

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 06.13.2013 | Los Angeles
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Wil...

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11 Shootings In Past 3 Days Across LA

Posted 03.20.2013 | Los Angeles
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Recent shootings in the LA area have police wondering if a new California law is to blame for the outbreak of gun violence. LA County jails assumed...

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The Courage to Change: How Prosecutors Can Lead on Public Safety

George Gascón | Posted 05.19.2013 | Los Angeles
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George Gascón

From the Capitol to the courtrooms, prosecutors can chart a new path on public safety in California by championing at both local and state levels one of the biggest ways we can transform our justice system in this generation--sentencing reform.

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'We Need To Do A Better Job'

The Sacramento Bee | By David Siders | Posted 05.19.2013 | San Francisco
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- As lawmakers stepped up pressure to modify California's historic prison realignment, most recently at a news conference Tuesday ...

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How Are Realignment Billions Being Spent?

Michael Santos | Posted 05.18.2013 | Crime
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Michael Santos

There is a lot of controversy around The California Prisoner Realignment Bill, a legislative response to judicial decisions concerning health care in state prison.

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Shocking Reveal About State Sex Offenders

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.26.2013 | San Francisco
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A report by the Los Angeles Times has found that thousands of paroled California sex offenders, including many rapists and child molesters, are disarm...

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REVEALED: Shocking Abuse Against Prisoners With Disabilities

| Posted 12.08.2012 | Los Angeles
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This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Shoshana Walter One day in March, a blind man was booked into the San Bernardino County jail....

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Think Our Prison System Is Bad? Check Out The Numbers In This State

AP | By DON THOMPSON | Posted 08.13.2012 | San Francisco
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Everything is bigger in Texas, the saying goes, and that is now also true of its prison system. California used to have the nat...

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Should Thousands Of Criminals Being Released Early Have The Right To Vote?

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.07.2012 | Los Angeles
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nonpartisan League of Women Voters and two prisoners' rights groups sued California elections officials on Wednesday, c...

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A Major Milestone For California Inmates

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 03.04.2012 | San Francisco
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has met the first target set by federal courts to reduce its inmate population as a way to improve health care i...

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Will California Officials Release Hundreds Of Violent Criminals From Prison?

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 12.04.2011 | San Francisco
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown and others who supported the dramatic shift in California's sentencing law that took effect this week have...

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'A Sea Change'

AP | By THOMAS WATKINS and DON THOMPSON | Posted 11.30.2011 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES -- California's correctional system is about to undergo an overhaul that could save money and reduce recidivism but also might lead to tho...

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California Is Not Prepared for Realignment

Kim Carter | Posted 11.27.2011 | Los Angeles
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Kim Carter

California will have to start diverting low-level felony offenders and parole violators to county jails. The question is, "How will these counties manage this huge influx of returning prisoners?"

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