Topic: California Correctional Peace Officers Association
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New at L.A. County Jail: inmates serve half sentences
The budget crunch has forced the L.A. County Sheriff's Department to release nonviolent offenders from the county jail after serving just 50 percent of their sentences, rather than 80 percent, which used to be the norm.
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Parole holds key to California prison overcrowding
Between 60,000 and 70,000 California parolees return to custody annually for violations, many of them minor. Reforms passed this month could help cut prisoner tallies.
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