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...Cave Creek, Ariz...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled up in an SUV outside Mule Creek State Prison in the Sierra foothills. The Governor was in combat mode. Of all the legacies of dysfunction he had inherited from his predecessor, Gray Davis, the situation in the prisons was one of the most flagrant. Big campaign donations from the prison guards' union to Davis had ensured that the guards in 2002 won 34% wage increases over five years, and with overtime many were earning fat salaries; one pulled in more than the state's attorney general. But the work practices of the guards lagged. They seemed...
Standing inside Mule Creek, Schwarzenegger declared the state's entire prison system "broken." He lashed out at the wall of silence that he said prevented guards from speaking out about abuses committed by their co-workers. "We won't stop until we tear down the whole wall and see it on the ground in a pile of rubble," he said...
...cuts. And he has not been the cost slasher he promised to be. For example, after vowing to take back $300 million in pay and benefits promised to the prison guards, Schwarzenegger was bargained down to $108 million in savings for the state. (And despite his pledge at Mule Creek, he has done nothing to get guards to testify about abuses in the prisons.) In the coming year, the Governor's team promises to carry out some of the 1,200 proposals to streamline state bureaucracy that were set forth in a statewide review ordered by Schwarzenegger. They included...
...took John practically all summer to get with the program at Spring Creek. He would get 25 points for good behavior (well on his way to earning brown sugar for his oatmeal as a reward) and then mouth off and return to square one. It took him three months to earn his first phone call from home. But he eventually came around and completed the two seminars necessary to qualify for the visit from his family. Their first moments after the group hug were awkward but, haltingly at first, they began to talk. Mary and Randy told John about...