September 21, 2009
Analysis: California prisons plan balances different goals
Pressed between federal judges and a withered economy, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested his plan to reduce the prison population will try to comply with a judicial mandate without breaking the budget again or risking public safety.
A three-judge panel on Aug. 4 ordered the state to produce a plan to cut prison crowding, and California submitted a recitation of what it says it has already done and is about to do.
The changes have either been implemented since the close of a trial before the panel in December or will be initiated in accord with recent legislation, the Schwarzenegger administration said in its 21-page plan filed late Friday…
LINK - SacBee.com
