New Prisons Chief: State No Longer Needs Federal Oversight
Over the last seven years, Jeffrey Beard figures he's visited 20 state prison facilities. He's been both a critic of and consultant to California prisons as the system has engaged in a massive, court-ordered effort to reduce its inmate population and improve health care. Now, the outsider is an insider at the very top.
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