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  • Unions to file suit to block inmate transfers

    10/30/2006 4:36:55 PM PST · by SmithL · 13 replies · 466+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 10/30/6 | Andy Furillo
    Two major public employee unions announced Monday they plan to file a lawsuit to block the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from transferring more than 2,000 inmates to private prisons in other states. Representatives of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association and the Service Employees International Union Local 1000 said they planned to file the suit Monday afternoon in Sacramento Superior Court. They said they would seek to stop the transfers on grounds that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger overstepped his legal authority in seeking the moves based on prison overcrowding. Although California has used private prisons for years within its...