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Court Rejects Segregated Prison Cells

The Supreme Court rules that California must end the long-standing practice of segregating prisoners by race. State officials had argued that the policy was the only way to prevent gang violence. Alex Cohen reports.

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Alex Cohen is the reporter for NPR's fastest-growing daily news program, Day to Day where she has covered everything from homicides in New Orleans to the controversies swirling around the frosty dessert known as Pinkberry.
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