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LOS ANGELES—Responding to the explosive growth of the U.S. prison population, WB executives announced Monday that the network will soon launch a new sitcom targeting the nation's approximately 1.8 million incarcerated TV viewers. "America is fast becoming the most jailed nation on Earth, with...
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SAN DIEGO—Plagued by a lack of funding and growing staff shortages, the San Diego Zoo and Ironwood State Prison were combined earlier this week, bringing local inmates and wildlife together for the first time under the same roof. The new state-of-the-art facility—which will house 12 separate cell blocks...
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Sentence reviewed for inmate in vegetative state A convicted murderer left in a persistent vegetative state by a prison beating and whose care and custody have cost the state more than $1 million since December will get a chance to have his life sentence recalled. The state Board of Parole Hearings referred...
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Delano residents air thoughts on prison plan DELANO -- North Kern State Prison appears to be a good neighbor, but the road that leads to it could use some improvements. That's what state environmental planners heard from several people at a meeting Thursday regarding plans that would add more buildings...