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40,000 to be released in CA

By David Feige

What a perfect synopsis: The massive 750% increase in the California prison population since the mid-1970s is the result of political decisions made over three decades, including the shift to inflexible determinate sentencing and the passage of harsh mandatory minimum and three-strikes laws, as well as the state?s counterproductive parole system. Unfortunately, as California?s prison population has grown, California?s political decision-makers have failed to provide the resources and facilities required to meet the additional need for space and for other necessities of prison existence. Likewise, although state-appointed experts have repeatedly provided numerous methods by which the state could safely reduce its prison population, their recommendations have been ignored, underfunded, or postponed indefinitely...continue to full post

Full post as published by Indefensible on August 06, 2009 (boomark / email).