We're saying that they are more like a private board than one under exclusive control of the state.

We're interviewing passengers and are not saying anything more until we're sure what happened.

[State Corrections Commissioner John Rees shut down the jail in July, saying it was filthy and out of control.] It was just a den of iniquity, from drug sales to sex to prostitution to embezzlement to who knows what, ... It was totally evil.

Both sides have always said that the California Supreme Court is where the final decision will be made.

We are disappointed but not surprised with the judge's ruling.

We think the state shouldn't have to pay for all this research and can't sustain it. That lack of sufficient oversight is what we are concerned about.