There will be a substitution to the team of three federal judges who have overseen the reduction in California’s prison population. U.S. District Judge Kimberly
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State Must Aid Disabled Inmates
For nearly 20 years and despite repeated court orders, California prisons resisted providing disabled inmates and parolees accommodations for the needs of daily life. Once
Judge Oks Force Feeding Prison Hunger Strikers
A federal judge agreed Monday to allow California prison officials to force-feed inmates who may be near death in a seven-week-old prison hunger strike over
I’m Sorry, So Sorry….
Gov. Jerry Brown’s lawyers had to eat their words. Under threat from a federal judge in Sacramento to put up or shut-up, lawyers for the
Governor Gets Judicial Smack Down, Judge: Prove It or Remove it
Gov. Jerry Brown’s prison lawyers went a little too far in their fight to end court monitoring of the state’s 33 overcrowded prisons and a
Costly Prison Guard Training
Cash-strapped California has run into a new cost for training prison guards. A state appeals court says new cadets may only receive basic training in
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