Charles Manson returns to California prison after hospital stay

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted January 7, 2017 2:59 pm EST

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In this handout photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Charles Manson, 74, poses for a photo on March 18, 2009 at Corcoran State Prison, California. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via Getty Images

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Charles Manson is back in a California prison after a hospital stay for an unspecified medical problem.

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State corrections department spokesman Jeffrey Callison says Saturday that Manson is at Corcoran State Prison in Central California.

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In an email, Callison adds that the department has never stated Manson ever left the facility.

Authorities have cited privacy laws in declining to comment on reports earlier this week that Manson was taken to a hospital in Bakersfield, 60 miles south of the prison.