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SACRAMENTO (AP) - After months of scathing reports and hearings detailing shortcomings in California's correctional system, a flurry of bills designed to spark reforms began moving through Senate committees Tuesday. One of the most controversial requires the attorney general to review allegations of employee conduct in state prisons, potentially second-guessing local prosecutors such as those in San Joaquin County. The district attorney's office there declined to file charges against California Youth Authority employees internal investigators say beat two youths and filed false reports about the January incident. Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office already is reviewing that decision to see if...