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Judge rules furloughs invalid for prison guards

A state judge today struck down Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's furloughs of correctional officers, who have been working on furlough days and banking the unpaid time off.

Judge Frank Roesch of Alameda County Superior Court ruled that the governor's furlough order violated state law. He ordered the state to pay the prison workers for the unpaid hours they have worked.

To save money, Schwarzenegger last summer began furloughing for three days a month nearly every category of state worker…

LINK - LATimes.com