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Prosecutors' opposition could limit release of third-strike inmates

December 19, 2012, 12:05 AM

State inmates serving life terms are starting to file resentencing petitions with local judges following the passage of Proposition 36, the ballot measure that overhauls California's controversial three strikes law. But opposition from local prosecutors and other factors could limit the number... + read more

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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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Advocacy groups wary of new plan for prison isolation units

September 13, 2012, 12:05 AM

State corrections officials are moving forward with a plan for handling prison gangs and other violent groups, including changing rules that have kept some inmates locked in special isolation units for decades. But the initiative is raising concern among prisoner rights advocates and... + read more

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Outside prison walls, parolees meet, eat and offer support

August 13, 2012, 12:05 AM

They’re not the young men they were when they went to prison decades ago. Some have grown children and several have lost some hair. They tease each other about the weight they’ve gained since moving on from prison cuisine. The men were among seven former residents of San... + read more

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States quietly scramble to find execution drug

November 12, 2010, 12:05 AM

Sodium thiopental, the anesthetizing agent used in the nation’s three-drug lethal injection cocktail, is hard to come by these days. Attorney General Jerry Brown recently disclosed that the state has enough for just four executions. Death penalty opponents want to know where it came from... + read more

MORE ON: Prison

Prosecutors' opposition could limit release of third-strike inmates

Fewer felons eligible to serve sentences in county jails

Advocacy groups wary of new plan for prison isolation units

Outside prison walls, parolees meet, eat and offer support

States quietly scramble to find execution drug

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