In 2008, CALA published a report titled, “Citizens in Chains: The High Cost of Prisoner Lawsuits to California.” The report discussed the average $32 million being spent every year on prisoner-initiated litigation and how it could be spent more in line with taxpayers’ interests.

I started thinking about it again while attending a Folsom Prison Citizens Advisory Committee meeting (I am an appointee to the committee) and wondering whether this situation has improved since 2008. Are things better or worse and how much is still being spent on litigation? During the meeting, the warden stated that a lot of his time is spent on litigation and even the chair of the committee (a retired warden of eight years) said she, too, is still dealing with litigation…

LINK – www.publicceo.com