Calif. prisons to end race-based policy Tue Dec 20, 6:47 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's prison system will no longer divide inmates by race, a practice in effect for more than 20 years and intended to limit gang violence, a spokeswoman for the system said on Tuesday. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had routinely segregated inmates by race on their arrival at prison, a practice challenged by a prisoner in a federal discrimination lawsuit. The department has settled the challenge and has agreed to no longer use race as the sole factor in deciding how to...