June 7, 2011
CCPOA Member Alert - June 7, 2011
As a result of the May 23, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Plata, concerning the constitutionality of the medical and mental health care services in California prisons, CDCR has issued its plan to reduce California’s inmate population. The state has been ordered to reduce the number of inmates to 137.5% of design capacity, or approximately 33,500 inmates within two years...
