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Coordinated California Corrections: The System, Board Of Corrections

California Agencies

California has the nation's largest population and also the largest criminal population. In rising to meet the "challenge of crime in a free society ... California has developed criminal justice and, particularly correctional systems which are ranked among the nation's best. However, the steady stream of incidents from a stunned Marin County Courthouse to a riot-torn East Los Angeles to a grave-filled Sutter County farmyard makes it painfully clear that California is far from having met the challenge. There is a never-ending need to re-evaluate the State's correctional programs to determine how they can more effectively achieve their overall goal. …