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Prison 'Realignment' Program Stalling Out?

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For the rest of the nation, realignment has to do with college football, but here in California, it's also the name for the massive population shift from state prisons to local lock ups. The idea was shrink the number of people the state is responsible for, and realignment has done that. But a new study says local law enforcement agencies are pushing the ball in the other direction, too.

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