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Top prison watchdog selected
(SF Chronicle, 3/10/04)

Guards pact, a fiscal time bomb, gets second look
(Sacramento Bee, 3/9/04)

Youth prison job challenges new head
(Mercury News, 3/9/04)

Judge OKs change to parole system
(SF Chronicle, 3/9/04)

Verdict on '3 strikes' law mixed after first 10 years
One study says it cut crime -- another condemns it as costly
(SF Chronicle, 3/8/04)

State law threatened by public's revulsion to sex offenders
Legal challenge could result if predators are given nowhere to live
(SF Chronicle, 3/8/04)

Exact-address issue delays sex-offender list
(Mercury News, 3/8/04)

Revolving parole door hits state's pocketbook
(Contra Costa Times, 3/8/04)

Is politicians' indifference to state prison rot finally changing?
(Sacramento Bee, 3/7/04)

10 years later, '3 strikes' is still in dispute
Opponents pushing initiative to lessen severity of 1994 law
(San Diego Union Tribune, 3/7/04)

[Santa Clara] Juvenile hall's daunting overhaul
Supervisors face many obstacles
(Mercury News, 3/7/04)

Deukmejian to lead prison review panel
Schwarzenegger asks him to recommend closures, reforms
(SF Chronicle, 3/6/04)

Negotiator works both sides
He's helped union, management in prison contracts
(Mercury News, 3/6/04)

Parole violators play large part in overcrowding
Percentage of parolees back in prison in California 10 times higher than in Texas
(Oakland Tribune, 3/6/04)

3 Strikes fight flares
Fresno creator defends law as 10th anniversary nears.
(Fresno Bee, 3/6/04)

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