Healthcare/Hospital Law
Jul. 4, 2008
State Integrates Lockups Following Inmate's Win at High Court
This month, California will begin implementing a statewide plan to desegregate housing at some 30 prisons. The move is part of a settlement reached after an inmate persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court the state's policy of separating prisoners by race was unconstitutional.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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Following a 2005 victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, convicted murderer Garrison Johnson got his wish: to share a prison cell with an inmate of a different race.
This month, thanks in large part to Johnson and his lawyers, California will begin implementing a statewide plan to desegregate housing at some 3...
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