More than a year into the court-ordered realignment of the California prison system, the inmate population numbers have dipped to its lowest level in 17 years.

The numbers peaked in 2007, according to a recent study from the Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice.

The California Institution for Men in Chino, which in December 2004 was at more than double its design capacity, is currently at 160 percent of capacity with 4,765 inmates held in a facility designed to hold 2,976, according to the most recent population reports from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…

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