Topic: Matthew Cate
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How can cash-strapped California comply with Supreme Court ruling on prisons?
Gov. Brown, anticipating the Supreme Court order to California to reduce its prison population, signed a measure transferring inmates to county jails. But voters need to approve funding.
05/26/2011 05:02 pm -
Free 40,000 California inmates? Not so fast.
A federal judicial panel orders the state to come up with a plan to cut prison populations. But any such plan would be carried out over two years – and any actual release order challenged.
08/08/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion My Shawshank Redemption
The prison system is broken. But the Honor Program works. Save it.
11/10/2008 12:00 am -
California pays rising price for prison growth
Amid a budget crisis, the state is under pressure to approve $7 billion more for prison healthcare.
04/22/2008 01:00 am
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