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Pelican Bay Inmates Allegedly Had Access To Personal Data

An AP newswire article, via CBS News, reports that:

Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison gained access to personal information about employees, including their Social Security numbers, birth dates and pension account information, the state prison guards' union said Thursday.

The California Correctional Peace Officers Association said inmates also had access to prison blueprints in a warehouse where the confidential information was stored.

Union President Mike Jimenez said the fact that inmates worked in the warehouse violated a law barring the Department of Corrections from assigning prisoners to jobs that give them access to others' personal information.

posted by Fergie @ 2/17/2006 07:40:00 AM