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California’s “Realignment” Law Sends 38,000 State Prisoners to County Control
California’s response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of a federal court mandate to reduce state prison overcrowding (See: PLN July 2011, p. 1)) was to “realign” 38,000 lower level offenders from state prison custody to county jail custody, and to transfer most parolees from state parole to county …
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