CDCR Implements New Gang Management Reforms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is now implementing a pilot program that will reduce long-term confinement in security housing units (SHU) and overhaul the way gangs are managed. The Security Threat Group Identification, Prevention and Management pilot program was approved and certified by the Office of Administrative Law in October and filed with the Secretary of State. It is now the department’s official policy and has enabled CDCR to begin conducting case-by-case reviews of inmates in segregated housing.

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