Corrections Headlines

Preston hearing scheduled for Dec. 8

Another hearing to discuss the slated closure of the Preston Youth Correctional Facility in Ione has been scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 8 at the Amador County Board of Supervisors Chambers.

Assemblywoman Alyson Huber released a statement Nov. 22 in which she alleges state officials have been moving forward with "a secret plan" to close the facility.

"I am outraged that the California Department of Corrections has apparently been moving forward with a secret plan to close Preston Youth Facility while denying that was the case and without any involvement from the community," she wrote...

LINK - Ledger-Dispatch.com