For original article, click here. Tuesday, December 7 2010 By Charles Piller
"The Bee investigation found evidence that High Desert guards tried to provoke attacks between inmates, spread human excrement on cell doors and mistreated inmates who peacefully resisted staff misconduct."
For original article, click here. Wednesday, December 1 2010 By JESS BRAVIN
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices criticized California's 20-year failure to bring its prisons up to constitutional standards, but several suggested that releasing 40,000 inmates—the drastic remedy a lower court found necessary—could imperil public safety.