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| Study reviews high-risk inmate move in California |
| By visaliatimesdelta.com - AP |
| Published: 03/09/2012 |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The state can safely house some maximum-security inmates in lower-level prisons, a development that could save taxpayers money, according to a University of California study. The 18-month study by five criminology experts comes as a new state law sends thousands of lower-level offenders to local jails instead of state prisons. The shift leaves state prisons housing the most violent, serious or sex offenders. However, the state could benefit if the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has flexibility to move more high-risk offenders to medium- or minimum-security prisons that will soon have extra space, said Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate. Read More. |
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