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  2. California State Prison, Centinela - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, in March 1996 Wilson sued the federal government to enforce the 1994 law. [8] As of 1997, CEN was the "most overcrowded prison in the state" as it ran at "259 percent of designed capacity." [9] By 2007, however, Avenal State Prison was the California state prison system's "most overcrowded facility." [10]

  3. List of California state prisons - Wikipedia

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    FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women. High Desert State Prison: HDSP Lassen: 1995 Yes 2,324 3,286 141.4% Ironwood State Prison: ISP Riverside: 1994 Yes 2,200 3,203 145.6% Kern Valley State Prison: KVSP Kern: 2005 2,448 3,534 144.4% Mule Creek State Prison: MCSP Amador: 1987 3,284 3,948 120.2% North Kern State ...

  4. Adoptee rights - Wikipedia

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    Adoptee rights are the legal and social rights of adopted people relating to their adoption and identity. These rights frequently center on access to information which is kept sealed within closed adoptions, but also include issues relating to intercultural or international adoption, interracial adoption, and coercion of birthparents.

  5. Adoption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In those cases, the child is unable to live with the birth family, and the government is overseeing the care and adoption of the child. International adoptions involve the adoption of a child who was born outside the United States. A private adoption is an adoption that was independently arranged without the involvement of a government agency.

  6. Lawsuit alleging religious discrimination in Tennessee ...

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    A Jewish couple sued Tennessee in 2022 after a Christian adoption agency blocked them from state-mandated foster care training. Lawsuit alleging religious discrimination in Tennessee adoption law ...

  7. Prisoners fight Tennessee's confusing life sentence laws ...

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    Atkins, 40, is one of 1,828 people in Tennessee who are serving a life sentence in a state prison. Many of them say the prison department is incorrectly calculating their sentences, and a court ...

  8. List of Tennessee state prisons - Wikipedia

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    The only federal prison in Tennessee is Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis in Shelby County, although there is a Residential Reentry Management operated by the Bureau of Prisons in Nashville. This list also does not include county jails located in the state of Tennessee. The Tennessee government agency responsible for state prisons is ...

  9. Adoption in California - Wikipedia

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    More adoptions occur in California each year than any other state (followed closely by New York). There is domestic adoption (adopting a non-relative child from within the United States), international adoption (adopting a non-relative child from another country), step parent adoption (adopting a child who is the legal child of one's spouse) and adult adoption (the adoption of an adult from ...