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05
Aug 2009
Federal judges call conditions in the prisons 'appalling' and unconstitutional. A reduction plan is due by mid-September.
California must shrink the population of its teeming prisons by nearly 43,000 inmates over the next two years to meet...
05
Aug 2009
It is shocking that in order to save the state money, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other elected officials are contemplating a massive early release of prison inmates, the elimination of parole supervision for released prisoners, and a...
05
Aug 2009
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton says he's stepping down after a seven-year tenure in which he instituted major reforms of the once-scandalized police department.
Bratton announced Wednesday he is leaving Oct. 31 with three years...
05
Aug 2009
Cincinnati police could take the biggest hit in layoffs this year to make up for the city's $28 million deficit.
City Manager Milton Dohoney proposes to lay off 138 members of the police department, but he said the number of officers...
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