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State Prison Culture Comes To The County Jail

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Journalists have the differences between "jail" (shorter-term stays, generally pre-trial) and "prison" (longer stays, post-conviction) hammered into them. 

But California's prison/jail realignment is narrowing the differences between the institutions. 

Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenkosays keeping former state prisoners in his county jail is bringing aspects of prison culture into the jail, not a happy development.

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.