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Fewer felons eligible to serve sentences in county jails

November 5, 2012, 12:05 AM

As California struggles to meet a court-ordered reduction of its prison population, newly released figures show corrections officials overstated the number of low-level offenders eligible to be diverted to local jurisdictions as part of Gov. Jerry Brown's public safety realignment plan. At... + read more

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Calif. to start bringing back inmates in out-of-state prisons

July 12, 2012, 12:05 AM

With severe overcrowding easing in state lockups, California is winding down a controversial deal with the nation’s biggest private prison operator and will bring thousands of inmates housed in facilities as far away as Mississippi back to California within the next few years. Currently... + read more

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Corrections officials unveil new policies for isolation units

March 9, 2012, 4:28 PM

State inmates with alleged ties to prison gangs will no longer be routinely locked in isolation units, and prisoners assigned to the controversial facilities will face shorter mandatory terms, according to policies unveiled today by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. If... + read more

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Savings from '3 strikes' reform may be smaller than claimed

January 11, 2012, 12:05 AM

Prisoners serving long sentences under California’s “three strikes” law are so expensive that legislative analysts say releasing some of them early could eventually save the state $100 million. A proposed ballot measure, called the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 [PDF],... + read more

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Reform could transfer hundreds of inmates out of isolation units

October 27, 2011, 12:05 AM

Hundreds of California prisoners locked in stark segregation units could be transferred to regular prison cells under new policies being developed by state corrections officials. The transfers could include inmates who have been held for decades at Pelican Bay State Prison’s windowless... + read more

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State officials warn of discipline for inmates on hunger strike

September 28, 2011, 4:00 PM

State corrections officials today threatened to discipline thousands of inmates who have resumed a hunger strike over conditions at California’s highest-security lockups. A state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation memo distributed to all state inmates said any prisoner... + read more

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Inmates vow to resume hunger strike

September 23, 2011, 12:05 AM

Corrections officials are taking security precautions and gearing up medical staff in response to growing indications that inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison will resume a hunger strike that was suspended July 20. Strike leaders are calling on state inmates to begin refusing state-issued food... + read more

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More inmates, shorter terms possible in isolation lockup

September 6, 2011, 12:05 AM

Corrections officials are studying changes in the classification system used to determine which inmates are locked in the state’s controversial Security Housing Units. The move could mean more inmates are assigned to the windowless, isolated units but for shorter time periods... + read more

MORE ON: california department of corrections and rehabilitation

Fewer felons eligible to serve sentences in county jails

Calif. to start bringing back inmates in out-of-state prisons

Corrections officials unveil new policies for isolation units

Savings from '3 strikes' reform may be smaller than claimed

Reform could transfer hundreds of inmates out of isolation units

State officials warn of discipline for inmates on hunger strike

Inmates vow to resume hunger strike

More inmates, shorter terms possible in isolation lockup

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