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Parents of slain Sac State student express grief at sentencing
May 15, 2012

Editorial: California can now revamp its prison system at lower cost
April 29, 2012

California moves to revamp prison system as inmate numbers shift
April 24, 2012

Prison officials offer plan for 'massive' change to cut costs
April 23, 2012

California prison system signs pact to block cellphones
April 17, 2012

UPDATED: California's prison plan changes who makes staffing decisions
April 23, 2012

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Prison System Videos

Prison inmate speaks with 4 On Your Side about alleged rape
May 16, 2012 | KOB Albuquerque, NM

KIDS IN PRISON | Conroy | WED 05/09/12/430PM
May 10, 2012 | KSNV Las Vegas

Will State Prison Plan To Save Money Hurt California?
April 24, 2012 | KCRA NBC 3 Sacramento CA

Prison System Wikipedia Information

A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that ...

Sacramento Connect

Op-Ed: Jim Hurley: Our Astonishing Nevada County Court System
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012 - For the past few weeks, I've been tabling outside local grocery stores for Judge Anderson. He's running for reelection to the office of Superior...

Gov. Jerry Brown Backtracks on Plan to Close State’s Youth Prison System
May 17, 2012
The state’s youth prison system may not be shuttering yet, as Governor Brown has decided to back away from a plan to dissolve the once troubled facilities. The...

Ned Roscoe Goes To Federal Prison Today
May 14, 2012
So, today is the day. Last week, Ned sent an E-Mail to his friends and supporters. Here is a selection:Preparation: If you’re interested, examine the course...

CDCR Releases Plan to Cut Billions in Prison Spending and Meet Federal Court Mandates
April 23, 2012
SACRAMENTO April 23, 2012 – In the wake of a declining prison population resulting from Realignment, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

Layoffs Hit California Prison System
January 27, 2012
Layoff notices have been sent to 545 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees, according to CDCR spokesman Jeffrey Callison.

Hunger strike at Pelican Bay brings to light conditions in California’s prisons
July 24, 2011
The focus in recent months has been on reducing the costs in the prison system. But part of what underlined the US Supreme Court decision was the actual...

Other local news reports

CDCR Plan: End Federal Court Oversight by 2013
April 23, 2012 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio State Government News
The head of the California prison system is unveiling a plan to save the state billions of dollars and remove the cloud of federal court oversight. The plan relies on savings $...

From around the web

Governments Can Stop Prison Rape
May 18, 2012 | MetaFilter
Previously on prison rape, and on the American prison system generally. ...

Morning Media Newsfeed 05. 18. 12
May 18, 2012 | Media News
LA Times The Times plans to use the two-year grant to hire journalists who will focus on the Vietnamese, Korean and other immigrant communities, the California prison system,...

L. A. Times will use $ 1- million grant to expand key beats
May 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
The newspaper plans to use the two-year grant from the Ford Foundation to hire journalists who will focus on immigrant communities, the California prison system, the border...

Pennsylvania: Two Muslim inmates, one a rapist, sue prison system over strip searches
May 02, 2012 | Jihad Watch
He's a rapist, sure, but he's a modest rapist. More strong-arming of the system to demand accommodation of Islam:'' 2 Muslim men sue over Pa. inmate strip searches,'' from...

Denver Broncos News: Horse Tracks - 5/3/12
May 03, 2012 | Mile High Report
The first e-mail was sent to New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton on Sept. 3 from the federal prison system's minimum-security camp in Florence, Colo. ProFootballWeekly.com -...

Lyon- Heemstra settlement ends nine- year legal battle over neighbor's death
April 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
2008' -- Heemstra is released from Iowa' -- s prison system after four years behind bars.' -- A second civil trial is held in Polk County District Court because the initial...

Prison System on twitter

	@criticalcabbie The prison system is fundamentally flawed. Instead of fixing it, you would shove more people into it @readsta @kevinward76 Twitter: @fatcouncillor
	It's fairly well-accepted that the whole concept of a prison system doesn't work. Why is this allowed to happen? http://t.co/yp7UDqZf Twitter: @darrenohailin
	Embarrassments to the British prison system had accumulated over the. Twitter: @mabawerydadeh
	Clarke Carlisle sounds like a psycho-analyst,Barton is a thug & as such should be punished. Our prison system is full of Joeys #bbcsportsday Twitter: @tomjoad31
	Embarrassments to the British prison system had accumulated over the. Twitter: @viwobumezypah
	I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/rrZ640j5 Russian Prison System Documentary Twitter: @JimMonster4