COURT CANCELS PENALTY FOR CORCORAN GUARDS

A Superior Court judge ruled against disciplining a former associate
warden and five officers from Corcoran State Prison,who were accused
of choking and hitting shackled prisoners in 1995.

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Cecily Bond ruled Friday that prison
officials failed to adequately spell out the charges against the
officers. Bond also ruled to restore the staffers' jobs with back pay.

Pam Smith-Steward, the department's chief legal counsel, said the
judge found that the notice of charges filed against the officers
"didn't specifically cite" the regulations they were accused of violating.

Checked-by: Patrick Henry