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Realignment
5:02 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

1500 Inmates Serving More Time in Jails Designed for Shorter Stays

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The Fresno County Jail in downtown Fresno
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By Julie Small

A survey by the state Sherriff’s Association shows over 1500 inmates in California are serving 5 years or more at local jails that are equipped for shorter stays. As KPCC’s state capitol reporter Julie Small reports, the survey looked at the effects of California’s realignment law.

A year and a half ago, California began sending thousands of low-level felons to county jails instead of prison. San Bernardino County absorbed 4,200 new felons according to Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. “We have now so many more inmates that are staying here,” says Bachman.

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Prison Realignment
2:22 pm
Fri February 22, 2013

Central Valley Lawmaker: California Should Give Counties More Money to Fund Realignment

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State Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres) - (file photo)
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By Marianne Russ

 

A California lawmaker says the shift of tens of thousands of state prisoners to county supervision has become a strain for some counties.  As Marianne Russ reports from Sacramento, he wants the state to give those counties more money.

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Prisons
10:11 am
Wed January 9, 2013

Brown Demands Relief from Federal Court Order on Prisons

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Gov. Jerry Brown announces an end to the state of emergency in California's prison system at a Capitol news conference Tuesday in Sacramento.
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By Ben Adler

A defiant Governor Jerry Brown is proclaiming an end to the state of emergency in California prisons and demanding that the federal courts let the state run its own corrections system again.  But as Ben Adler reports from Sacramento, there’s no guarantee the courts will do as he asks.

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Just One Breath
10:55 am
Mon November 26, 2012

For Some California Prisoners, Valley Fever Becomes A Life Sentence

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Kevin Walker acquired disseminated cocci while serving time at the federal prison in Taft.
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Lawyers Jason Feldman and Ian Wallach have received hundreds of letters, e-mails and voice mails from inmates with valley fever seeking help.
Credit Lawyers Jason Feldman and Ian Wallach have received hundreds of letters, e-mails and voice mails from inmates with valley fever seeking help.
Lawyers Jason Feldman, left, and Ian Wallach, right, have received hundreds of letters, e-mails and voice mails from inmates with valley fever seeking help.
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By Rebecca Plevin and Reporting on Health Collaborative

Kevin Walker arrived at Taft Correctional Institution, a federal prison in western Kern County, in December 1999 to serve a 14-year sentence for attempted possession of cocaine.

But another kind of sentence awaited him, one far more painful than confinement alone.

In July 2001, fluid-leaking boils broke out across Walker’s face and body. Once he was diagnosed with valley fever, doctors put him on an antifungal drug — amphotericin B — but the drug was so powerful that it caused his kidneys and liver to begin failing.

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