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Date	Publisher	Reporter	Title
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May 2004

Date	Publisher	Reporter	Title
5/01/04	LA Times	Staff Reporters	2 Supervisors Seek Probe of Slaying at Jail *
5/01/04	LA Times	AP Wire	Jurors Clear Sheriff, Others in Jail-Death Suit *
5/01/04	Sac Bee	AP Wire	San Jose judge convicted of fixing tickets *
5/01/04	Sac Bee	Brian Skoloff	Judge frees child molester after 20 years; victims recanted *
5/02/04	LA Times	Jenifer Warren	Guards Put Their Case to the Public *
5/02/04	LA Times	Joe Domanick	Rehabilitate Three-Strikes Law ... but Do It the Right Way *
5/02/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Changes looming for state's troubled prisons * (Incl. lunches for prisoners!)
5/02/04	SF Chronicle	Joan Ryan	Innocent man freed with luck, good lawyers *
5/02/04	Sac Bee	Gary Delsohn	Prison officials say overhaul is in works *
5/02/04	Sac Bee	Gary Delsohn & Clea Benson	Problems, blame abound in prison system *
5/02/04	Sac Bee	Editorial	Can Legislature bite the hand that feeds it? *
5/02/04	Sac Bee	Editorial	Prison guards union contributions to California legislators *
5/03/04	NY Times	Fox Butterfield	With Longer Sentences, Cost of Fighting Crime Is Higher *
5/03/04	Fresno Bee	Editorial	Legislators must decide for whom they work: guards union or voters *
5/03/04	San Diego Union Tribune	Editorial	Pound Foolish *
5/04/04	LA Times	Dan Morain	Suit Aims to Keep Prison Probe Records From Union *
5/04/04	Sac Bee	Gary Delsohn	Lockyer tackles prison guard pact *
5/04/04	Try-Valley Herald	Josh Richman	Group urges prison closures *
5/04/04	SF Chronicle	Editorial	An 'emergency' in state prisons? *
5/04/04	LA Times	Evan Halper	Prisons Chief Defends Crowding *
5/05/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Delay in parole reform cuts into savings *
5/05/04	Sac Bee	Clea Benson	Lawmakers to prisons: Plan better *
5/05/04	Sac Bee	AP Wire	Dead inmate's mother speaks out against lapses in jail protection *
5/05/04	Union Tribune	Greg Moran	Possible staff cuts loom large at offices of public defender *
5/05/04	Fresno Bee	Don Thompson	Prison spending reforms proposed by state lawmakers *
5/05/04	Fresno Bee	Jennifer Fitzenberger	Bill would revive prison work crews *
5/05/04	Mercury News	Mark Gladstone	Inmate surge built for months *
5/06/04	LA Times	Robert L. Bastian Jr.,	Exporting America's Shame *
5/06/04	SF Chronicle	Photos	Photo Timeline: Prisoner Abuse in Iraq
5/06/04	Sac Bee	Brian Skoloff	Wrongly convicted man reflects on his 20 years in prison *
5/06/04	Sac Bee	Editorial	Lockyer takes on guards *
5/06/04	Reuter	Alan Elsner	Abuse Common in U.S. Prisons, Activists Say *
5/07/04	LA Times	Jenifer Warren	Attack by Prison Dog Revealed *
5/07/04	Sac Bee	Don Thompson	Guards the ones doing 'Hard Time,' union says *
5/07/04	Sac Bee	Don Thompson	Prison guards threaten trouble if contract funding cut *
5/07/04	Sac Bee	Claire Cooper	Courts face slew of 'three-strikes' cases *
5/08/04	Sac Bee	AP Wire	CYA officials want charges filed in alleged inmate dog attack *
5/08/04	California Journal	John Howard	Waiting for judgment day *
5/08/04	Alameda Times-Star	Dan Walters	Corrupt California prison system needs real reform
5/08/04	News10		Prison Guards' Union Unveils $1 Million Media Campaign *
5/08/04	California Journal	A.G. Block	Roderick Q. Hickman – Secretary of YACA *
5/08/04	California Journal	Sigrid Bathen	A system with no center *
5/08/04	LA Times	Fred Alvarez	Deliveries of Joy for Moms in Prison *
5/08/04	Sac Bee	Andy Furillo	Ex-prison official gets turn in court *
5/08/04	SF Chronicle	Matthew B. Stannard	'Inmates' got abused in psychology study *
5/08/04	NY Times	Fox Butterfield	Mistreatment of Prisoners Is Called Routine in U.S. *
5/08/04	Sac Bee	Jim Boren	Lessons from false-molestation cases
5/09/04	SF Chronicle	Mark Martin	Visit crunch for inmates' loved ones *
5/09/04	Fresno Bee	Denny Boyles	Prison cases contracted out *
5/09/04	Fresno Bee	Peter Schrag	Valley prisons, region's icons, not going away *
5/11/04	SF Chronicle	Henry K Lee	Family of slain inmate sues county, sheriff
5/12/04