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Daily Report: Public Safety

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
Daily Report: Public Safety

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
Daily Report: Public Safety

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
Daily Report: Public Safety

Prison officials move to improve isolation units

August 18, 2011, 11:35 AM
State corrections officials are moving forward with a major policy initiative that could improve conditions and reduce the length of time some inmates spend in controversial isolation units. The changes are being proposed amid threats of another hunger strike by inmates who spearheaded one last... + read more
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