Department of Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard may have the toughest job in California politics. He has faced a widespread hunger strike and a never-ending battle with federal judges over control of California's prisons since he joined the Brown Administration late last year. But this isn't Beard's first go-round with those controversial issues.
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