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California to End Last Outpost of Segregation: Prisons

Many expect surge in violence with change

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 15, 2008 5:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – California will fully integrate its prison system next month, making it one of the last states to do so, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The state will end the practice of separating new arrivals to the nation's largest prison system based on race. Both guards...   Read full story »

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