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Report: Jail expansion needed in Santa Clara County despite 1,000 empty beds
By Tracey Kaplan, San Jose Mercury News-- Even though more than 1,000 jail beds sit empty in Santa Clara County, a new report is calling for a $104 million jail expansion and overhaul that would require millions more each year to staff.

Budget

Brown proposes to shut down youth prison system
By Nannette Miranda, ABC7-- California's youth prison system may soon cease to exist, ending a notorious legacy that included 23-hour cell confinements, using cages as punishment for misbehaving and staff beatings, sometimes caught on tape.

Jerry Brown wants to eliminate youth prison system
KFSN-TV-- State prisons for juvenile offenders may soon be history. The entire system is on the chopping block under Gov. Jerry Brown's new budget proposal. Many applaud the move, saying many juveniles are treated cruelly.

Governor's Proposed Budget Concerns Prison Guard Union
KION-- The union representing state prison guards and parole officers says it's very concerned about the Governor's proposed budget.

Realignment

Prison realignment affecting county agencies
KGET-- A new report from the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi says the number of realigned felons, flooding into counties statewide, is two to three times the number anticipated by state officials.

Solano County on track to avoid jail overcrowding
By Catherine Bowen, The Reporter-- As inmates nabbed in the early days of the state's new realignment plan reach the end of their sentences, Solano County Jail is preparing to open its gates to release pressure that has been building in county facilities that have been pushed to capacity since October.

Mentally ill prisoners overwhelm system in Calif
The Associated Press-- The state's shifting of newly released state prisoners to the responsibility of local probation agencies has meant many ex-convicts with serious mental illnesses are slipping through the cracks.

California Inmates

Calif. death sentence for 1998 killing overturned
North County Times-- The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death sentence for a man who was convicted of killing a woman who was robbed, raped, tortured and beaten while walking to a Long Beach store to use $6 worth of food stamps.

California Parole

Craig Peyer To Have Parole Board Hearing
San Diego 10 News-- The former California Highway Patrol officer behind one of the city's most notorious murders will make a plea for freedom before a parole board on Wednesday.

CDCR Related

LaMalfa kills inmate bill
Redding Record Searchlight-- State Sen. Doug LaMalfa said Monday he was killing a bill that would have required state prison officials to notify local authorities 10 business days before an inmate is transferred into a state fire camp.