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Bill Calls for Increased Investigation of Inmate Deaths

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A bill to require closer scrutiny of the circumstances surrounding inmate deaths in state prisons is headed for the floor of the state Assembly. Recent changes to the bill have assured it won’t face opposition from the prison guards union. Gil Halsted reports…

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