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Prison System Overruns Soar
Administration officials tell a legislative hearing that a lack of controls and under-budgeting by the former governor are to blame.
(Los Angeles Times, 3/19/04)

Guard charges shaky, DA says
Fight with inmates doesn't show officers out of line, he says
(San Jose Mercury News, 3/18/04)

CYA gets referral reprieve
[San Mateo] County to drop ban on sending youths to agency
(San Francisco Chronicle, 3/18/04)

Prison Guard Turned Boss Presses for Reform
Taking over an agency mired in scandal, corrections chief Rod Hickman is targeting misconduct within the state's penal system.
(Los Angeles Times, 3/18/04)

Audit faults new Death Row plan at San Quentin
But condemned inmates are likely to stay at Marin prison
(San Francisco Chronicle, 3/17/04)

6 CYA guards facing probe
TAPE CAPTURES BEATING OF TWO YOUNG INMATES
(San Jose Mercury News, 3/17/04)

Man Died of Neglect, Inmates Say
They told a state senator they alerted staff that he was starving in his cell, but no action was taken.
(Los Angeles Times, 3/15/04)

San Francisco: $75,000 award in brutality case
Man said cop used him as crash dummy
(San Francisco Chronicle, 3/15/04)

Judge: County will still use CYA
(Contra Costa Times, 3/15/04)

The Good Jailer [story about Jeanne Woodford]
(The New York Times, 3/14/04)

Corrections head promises changes
(Contra Costa Times, 3/13/04

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