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The title of a publicity campaign mounted by Blythe, Calif., to try to convince state officials not to close the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, where about 18,000 people live in 27 square miles of desert. The state corrections department has designated Chuckawalla, which employs more than 800 people, as one of the next two institutions to be closed as a result of the steep decline in the state's inmate population. (CalMatters — May 30, 2023)
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