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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

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A tale of 2 inmates in California's Security Housing Units

September 15, 2011, 12:05 AM

One man was a petty thief mistakenly identified as a player in a violent Latino prison gang. The other was a convicted murderer whose numerous assaults behind bars and continuing influence on the streets earned him a reputation as a ruthless gang leader. The fact that both men were locked for... + read more

MORE ON: security housing units

Corrections officials unveil new policies for isolation units

Reform could transfer hundreds of inmates out of isolation units

A tale of 2 inmates in California's Security Housing Units

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