Calif prison restructuring brings 26,000 layoff warnings; more to come after decades of growth

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California prison system that has grown over the past several decades to be the nation’s largest and has been criticized and sued for severe inmate crowding is heading for an historic downsizing.
Some 26,000 guards, janitors, cooks, records clerks and correctional counselors are being warned they could be laid off, though far fewer will actually lose their jobs.  More   PrisonerPal.com   True Crime Today  Magazine Subscriptions for Prisoners since 1975