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| California prisons can no longer separate races after riots |
| By azcentral.com |
| Published: 11/03/2014 |
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California prison officials will have to balance safety concerns with the need to avoid racial stereotypes after the state agreed to end a long-standing policy that had been challenged in court and deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Department of Justice. Under a court settlement made public Oct. 22, the state will drop its practice of attempting to prevent further violence by segregating inmates by race after riots involving racially based prison gangs. Attorneys representing inmates had challenged the policy as unfair because it targeted all inmates of a particular race even if they were not involved in the riot. Read More. |
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