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Schwarzenegger's prison reduction plan falls short of court order

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Schwarzenegger's prison reduction plan falls short of court order By Howard Mintz and Denis C. Theriault Mercury News Posted: 09/18/2009 Facing a midnight deadline, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top prison officials Friday released a plan that falls far short of a federal court order to relieve prison overcrowding. A three-judge federal panel has called for California to decide how to slash more than 40,000 inmates from the rolls in the next two years. Instead, the governor's plan offers modest reductions while insisting on more time to wring further reforms from legislators afraid of being labeled soft on crime. The response sets up a confrontation that will likely be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue: how much power the federal judges have to essentially take over the state's prisons...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 19, 2009 (boomark / email).