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L.A. County jail guards aid drug trading, sources say

Jack Leonard, Robert Faturechi Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 10:32pm

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County jail inmates have used corrupt guards to penetrate tight security at lockups, helping fuel a lucrative drug trade behind bars, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

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Mormon bishop, inmates sue over Cache jail's mail policy

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 5:40pm

LOGAN -- A Mormon bishop and three inmates have filed a class-action lawsuit against Cache County over a recent policy change that limits most ingoing and outgoing mail to postcards.

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Female inmates with children being sent home

Jack Dolan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 10:15am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Drastically redefining incarceration in California, prison officials are about to start releasing thousands of female inmates who have children to serve the remainder of their sentences at home.

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Two female inmates jump from Davis County Jail catwalk

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 11:20pm

FARMINGTON — Two inmates were taken to the hospital after they jumped from a second-story catwalk at Davis County Jail.

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California prisons shut down inmates' Facebook pages

Sam Stanton The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 1:10pm

Facebook "friend" requests from strangers are common, but California corrections officials say they are moving to stop prison inmates' use of the social network.

The state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Monday that it's working with Facebook security officials to shut down inmate pages that have been set up by prisoners using contraband cellphones or that have been arranged for an inmate's use by someone outside of prison.

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Calif. braces for release of thousands of state prisoners

Rachel Gordon San Francisco Chronicle

Last updated Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 11:58am

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tens of thousands of convicted felons and parole violators in California will be diverted from state prison to county supervision by late 2012, sending local criminal justice officials scrambling to meet added demands on their jails, probation offices, courts and social services -- all without assurance of adequate funding.

Law enforcement authorities anticipate a jump in crime with fewer criminals locked up in state prisons. They worry about more trouble behind bars in the county lockups.

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Case spurs debate on how private inmates' phone calls are

Tim Gurrister, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 12:00am

OGDEN -- Just how much privacy you're entitled to if you telephone an inmate in jail is "an intriguing issue" looming in a coming murder trial, says Deputy Weber County Attorney Reed Richards.

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Utah prisons remain on lockdown after inmate dies

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 3:12pm

DRAPER -- Both Utah state prisons remain on lockdown after a deadly fight between inmates and a spate of recent stabbings.

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More California killers being paroled

David Siders, The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Friday, April 29, 2011 - 1:53pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown is letting convicted killers leave prison on parole at a far higher rate than previous governors, only rarely using his power to block decisions of the parole board.

Early in his term, Brown has let 106 of 130 convicted killers' parole releases stand -- about 82 percent, according to Brown's office and records provided in response to a California Public Records Act request.

Brown's deference to the state Board of Parole Hearings is in contrast to his predecessors, who more aggressively used their power to overturn parole grants.

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