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Push for more oversight at California's women's prisons
A new budget proposal would add 20 positions to investigate sex assault claims at California's women's prisons.
CA lawmakers want more oversight of sexual assault complaints at women’s prisons
A new budget request would allow the Office of the Inspector General to monitor 350 of an estimated 2,400 staff sexual ...
California pauses prison medical parole program, opting for early release or incarceration
Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...
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California Suspends Medical Parole Program, Returns Incarcerated to State Prisons
California has ceased its court-ordered medical parole program, instead deciding to keep critically ill prisoners within the ...
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California lawmakers want more oversight of sex assault complaints at women's prisons
California lawmakers are pushing to create more oversight at women's prisons, which face thousands of sexual misconduct and ...
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California pauses prison medical parole program, opting for early release or incarceration
The Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla provides up to 24-hour skilled nursing care for women with life-limiting illnesses including dementia. Yet Norman fears the in-prison ...
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California lawmakers want more oversight of sexual assault complaints at women’s prisons
A new budget proposal California lawmakers are considering ... oversee inmate complaints and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s investigatory process.