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Judges Order CA to Reduce Prison Population

By Neil Shous, Esq.

The California prison population will experience a 27% decrease over the next two years, or at least that?s the plan. A panel of federal judges recently ordered the state of California to reduce its prison population of 150,000 down to about 110,000, citing overcrowding in prisons as resulting in inadequate health care for inmates. California has a period of 45 days to devise a plan for reducing the prisoner population. According to The New York Timess, ?in these overcrowded conditions, inmate-on-inmate violence is almost impossible to prevent, infectious diseases spread more easily, and lockdowns are sometimes the only means by which to maintain control.? In response, The Los Angeles Times reports that ?the governor and most legislative leaders back a plan that would reduce prison populations by as many as 37,000 over the next two years using a combination of early releases, changes in parole policies and shifting some prisoners to county jails...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on October 26, 2009 (boomark / email).