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State Agrees to Transfer Susceptible Inmates Away from Central Valley Fever-Plagued Prisons

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California officials agreed on Tuesday to transfer thousands of inmates from two Central Valley prisons plagued with the disease Valley Fever. The move comes a week after a federal court issued an order to enforce a new prison medical policy that bars the state from housing inmates who are susceptible to the fungal disease in the prisons where it?s most prevalent.

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