<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> For cautionary tales of penal servitude in California, interested readers may turn to a series of reports that LA Times writers Mark Arax (based in Fresno) and Mark Gladstone have been filing since August, 1996, with particular reference to criminal outrages perpetrated over an extended period of time by a band of monsters disguised as officers at Corcoran State Prison--and assiduously covered up by Wilson-appointed suits in Sacramento. <P>The first revelations are at: <A HREF="http://losangelestimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REPORTS/PRISON/lat_prison960821.htm">Brutality Behind Bars</A><A HREF="http://losangelestimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REPORTS/PRISON/lat_prison960821.htm"></A> <P><<<A HREF="http://losangelestimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REPORTS/PRISON/lat_prison960821.htm">http://losangelestimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REPORTS/PRISON/lat_prison960821.htm</A>>> <P>  <BR> </HTML>