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Government

Jun. 27, 2013

Valley Fever yet another obstacle for state prison system

A federal judge's order requiring the state to move thousands of prisoners due to high risks of Valley Fever could create an administrative headache for the state and its already overcrowded prisons, experts warn.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal judge's order Monday requiring the state to move thousands of prisoners from two Central Valley prisons due to high risk of contracting Valley Fever could create an administrative headache for the state and its already overcrowded facilites, according to some experts.


"Because of the overcrowding, the state doesn't have the resources to easily transfer people between prisons,&...

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