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2 inmates escape jail in San Jose

Four prisoners escaped from a San Jose jail Wednesday night, cutting through a second-story window's bars and rappelling down the side of the building using a rope made of bedding. Two were immediately recaptured but two got away. Ref. Source 2m.

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Prison investigating inmates' viral video entry

Some Donovan prison inmates decided to join in on the Mannequin Challenge. Their video shows men in various settings holding a pose. The only problem? It was shot on a cellphone, which isn't allowed in prison. Officials are investigating. Ref. Source 9w.

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Two years ago, California freed thousands of addicts from its crowded prisons and jails. But are they better off today?

Two years after it was approved by California voters, Prop 47 has scaled back mass incarceration of drug addicts, but successful reform is woefully incomplete, a USA TODAY Network investigation found. Prop 47 has done little to help these people restart their lives. Instead, the unprecedented release of inmates has exposed the limits of California's neglected social service programs: Thousands of addicts and mentally ill people have traded a life behind bars for a churning cycle of homelessness, substance abuse and petty crime. Ref. USAToday.

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In Southern California, Inmates Pay for Comfortable Jail Stays:

These facilities show that Southern California operates a two-tiered system of jails, where those with more cashflow can ride out their time behind bars in relative comfort while others are subjected to degrading living conditions. Ref. Source 8e.

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Senate committee investigating prison after empty guard towers allowed carjacker to escape. In a maximum security federal prison in California, convicted carjacker Guaymar Cabrera Hernandez made a run for it. A key to his brazen escape last month: Five guard towers ringing the perimeter of the compound were not staffed. Turns out, they have been empty for nearly six years. The breach has now drawn the scrutiny of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which is exploring the increased reliance on fencing technology at the nation's most secure prison facilities - in lieu of tower officers who once represented the last line of defense against escape and other disturbances. Ref. USAToday.

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Prison cooks suspected in contraband smuggling ring. The FBI is investigating a suspected contraband smuggling ring inside an Imperial Valley state prison involving supervisor cooks and inmates, according to search warrants filed this month in San Diego federal court. Source 6m.

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Inmate dead in cell for 2 or 3 days; staff blamed smell on sewer. An inmate at the state prison in Otay Mesa was dead for at least two days last April before prison staffers realized it, according to a recently released autopsy report. Source 7b.

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Prison staff charged with supervising prisoners during that period should be fired! What if the man had escaped how would they have known?