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Which Way, L.A.?

Violence in Prisons

The federal government has indicted prison employees for inciting fights between prisoners. The county sheriff is investigating reports that employees gave inmates information used to beat up on other inmates. What is going on inside our prisons? How can we keep track?

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By Warren Olney • Mar 3, 1998 • 1 min read

Paul Seave: US Attorney for the Eastern District of California. Filing charges against the Corcoran prison guards. US Attorney for the Eastern District of California. Filing charges against the Corcoran prison gaurds. Tipton Kindel: Spokesperson, California State Department of Corrections. Spokesperson, California State Department of Corrections.Steve Rigg: Former Lieutenant and firearms instructor at Corcoran State Prison. After the Tate death, contacted the FBI to report allegations of misconduct. Lance Corcoran: Vice President, California Correctional Peace Officers Association. Peter Eliasburg: Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union. Working on the ACLU's jails monitoring project. Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union. Working on the ACLU's jails monitoring project. Chief Barry King: Head of the Custody Division, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Catherine Campbell: Jonathan Thomas : Member of the Governing Board, Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority. Harbor Commissioner for the Port of Los Angeles. Ron Deady: Pre-Release Coordinator for a maximum security state prison in Lancaster. Coordinator of a program called Lazarus - which aims to match recently released convicts with members of the community in a mentor relationship.

topic: Alameda Corridor Finances

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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