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Government

Jun. 5, 2008

Proposed Prison Overcrowding Settlement Doesn't Call for Early Release

A proposed settlement in the litigation over California's crowded prisons does not include the early release of prisoners, although it acknowledges the discretion of the Department of Corrections secretary to do just that if all other options fail.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 3

      SAN FRANCISCO - A proposed settlement in the litigation over California's crowded prisons does not include the early release of prisoners, although it acknowledges the discretion of the Department of Corrections secretary to do just that if all other options fail.
      The previously confidential 13-page pr...

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