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| Male Inmates Can Join Prison Rehab Program Aimed At Reuniting Them With Children |
| By cbslocal.com |
| Published: 09/10/2015 |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge in Northern California has ordered the state to let men participate in a prison rehabilitation program aimed at reuniting female inmates with their children. U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England in Sacramento said in an order filed Wednesday that the program violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution and the state had failed to explain why the program should exclude men. A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice deferred comment to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. A spokeswoman for the prisons agency did not immediately return a call seeking comment. The judge ruled in the case of William Sassman, an inmate with two daughters and a wife who has been incarcerated since 2011 on a grand theft conviction. He sued in 2014. Read More. |
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