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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will review whether California must cut its prison population by 40,000 inmates to improve medical and mental health care throughout the state's sprawling corrections system.
SAN DIEGO - A civil rights group says two mentally disabled immigrants who were ruled incompetent for deportation hearings will be freed after spending up to five years in federal detention.
NEW YORK - New York City has settled a class-action lawsuit over jail strip searches for $33 million.
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced dozens of people to prison terms for belonging to a banned Islamic organization.
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