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Phil Matier: New Report Shows High Salaries For State Employees

California’s State Controller John Chiang has released another report showing the high salaries of some state employees.

KCBS–2011/07/06

Report: High-Risk California Prison Parolees Left Unsupervised

California improperly paroled more than 450 dangerous criminals without supervision last year as part of a program designed to reduce prison crowding and cost, according to a new report.

KPIX 5–2011/05/25

California Officials: We’ll Fix Prison Crowding, Won’t Free 33,000

California officials said they won’t arbitrarily free 33,000 inmates and they will submit plans to the federal courts in two weeks specifying ways to remedy prison overcrowding.

KPIX 5–2011/05/25

San Mateo County Sheriff Critical Of Supreme Court Ruling On Prison Overcrowding

The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly endorsed reducing California’s cramped prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to fix sometimes deadly problems in medical care, ruling that federal judges retain enormous power to oversee troubled state prisons.

KCBS–2011/05/23

Phil Matier: Deal Lifts Vacation Cap For California Prison Guards

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said Tuesday that the average correctional officer already has nearly 19 weeks of accumulated leave time, valued at $600 million.

KCBS–2011/04/19

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