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Wardens “Retire” from Two California Women’s Prisons
Loaded on Dec. 8, 2016
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2016, page 55
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Retaliation,
Drug Testing,
Failure to Protect (General),
Overcrowding,
Staffing,
Failure to Train/Supervise,
Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death),
Drug Treatment/Rehab,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness),
Suicides.
Location:
California.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) called the July 29, 2016 “retirement” of wardens at two state women’s prisons a “coincidence.” However, Colby Lenz, a legal advocate with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, commenting on the abrupt departures of the wardens at the Central California Women’s Facility ...
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