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Transcript: Profile: Federal judge threatens to take over California's prison system
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- July 26, 2004
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MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
07-26-2004
Profile: Federal judge threatens to take over California's prison system
Host: MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris.
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
And I'm Robert Siegel.
A federal judge is threatening to take over California's prison system if the state does not get serious about reform. Judge Thelton Henderson says he is particularly concerned that a new labor contract with prison guards gives their union too much power, and that undermines efforts to deal with long-term problems of violence, overcrowding and bad management. ...