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CA: Federal judges call conditions in the prisons 'appalling' and unconstitutional. A reduction plan is due by mid-September.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Federal judges call conditions in the prisons 'appalling' and unconstitutional. A reduction plan is due by mid-September. By Carol J. Williams- LA Times August 5, 2009 California must shrink the population of its teeming prisons by nearly 43,000 inmates over the next two years to meet constitutional standards, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday, ordering the state to come up with a reduction plan by mid-September. The order cited Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's own words when he proclaimed a state of emergency in the corrections system in 2006 and warned of substantial risk to prison staff, inmates and the general public, saying "immediate action is necessary to prevent death and harm." Tuesday's ruling heightens the stakes for a legislative debate over prisons that will take place later this month...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 05, 2009 (boomark / email).