LOCKDOWN ENDING SOON.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - State prison officials are ending the lockdown Lockdown A specified period when an employee of a public company is barred from selling - and occasionally buying - their company's stock. Notes: These types of equity transaction restrictions can be imposed by securities regulators or underwriting firms if a company has that kept inmates in their cells 24 hours a day since June 1 as a cost-cutting measure, prison officials said. The California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). State Prison-Los Angeles County lockdown, intended to reduce the need for correctional officers working overtime, will be halted by Monday and inmates' schedules will be returned to normal, a spokesman said. ``There was negotiations between California Correctional Peace Officer's Association and the administration here at the prison and they decided to return to our normal program,'' said prison spokesman Lt. Ken Lewis. The prison was put on lockdown June 1 in an effort to curtail cur·tail tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten. [Middle English curtailen, to restrict the prison's budget deficit, which amounted to more than $1.9 million with a month left in the fiscal year. Lockdowns are usually instituted as security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security following riots This is a chronological list of riots: 17th century and earlier
On Wednesday, the prison's Facility A, which is referred to as the honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. yard, returned to its normal program. Honor yard inmates agree to avoid gang-related activity, violence and other illegal activity. The other three prison yards will return to a regular schedule Monday under the agreement reached between this week between the guards union and prison administrators. Correctional guards said the lockdown denied them the overtime pay that many rely on month to month and also would frustrate inmates, causing more problems than usual. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com |
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