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Prison doors officially close Saturday Monday, November 12, 2007 By Danielle Quisenberry dquisenberry@ citpat.com -- 768-4929 The lights will be shut off Saturday at the newly emptied Southern Michigan Correctional Facility in Blackman Township -- nine months after state officials decided to close the...
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ATLANTA — A woman who escaped from a Georgia prison 33 years ago has been recaptured in east Texas. Federal marshals arrested Deborah Gavin, 53, at her home Wednesday in Frankston, Texas . Gavin, who was serving time on an armed robbery conviction out of Gwinnett County, escaped from the Georgia Women's...
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Jail eyes state funds Monday, November 05, 2007 By Michael Van Cassell ( mvancassell@ freelancenews. com ) The recidivism rate in California's jails and prisons is staggering. At 70 percent, it's the worst in the country. And here in San Benito County , jailers often see the same faces come through...
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Activists urge court takeover of state's youth prisons TOO LITTLE ACCOMPLISHED AFTER THREE YEARS, THEY SAY By Brandon Bailey Mercury News Article Launched: 11/04/2007 01:42:38 AM PDT Complaining that officials are moving too slowly on their promise to fix California's troubled youth prisons,...
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October 22, 2007 Prison Breakdown Overcrowding has pushed California’s prison system to the brink By Sasha Abramsky California state prisons have had to modify several facilities to warehouse an increasing number of inmates. Halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco is Solano Correctional Facility...