October 13, 2009
Bill enables state to reduce inmate population
Prisons will be reduced by about 20,000 inmates over the next two years now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill under pressure from federal courts to reduce prison overcrowding.
The plan combines previous reform efforts performed administratively by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the implementation of recently passed legislation, construction of new housing as well as a significant expansion of out-of-state transfers.
The 20,000 figure is about half the amount of inmates that were requested to be released by a panel of three federal judges in August…
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