August 19, 2009
Governor highlights his prison plan at site of a recent prison riot
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today visited the California Institution for Men in Chino, the site of a prison riot earlier this month that sent 55 inmates to hospitals and caused millions of dollars worth of property damage.
Schwarzenegger said his main motivation was to thank prison guards who were able to quell the unrest without "loss of life," but the governor wasted no time in making a pitch for his prison reform package that would save the state $1.2 billion this year by reducing the state prison inmate population by about 27,000.
Prison overcrowding has been one of the biggest issues for the state, and the issue was highlighted when fights broke out among inmates at the Chino prison, where nearly 6,000 prisoners are housed in a facility built for 3,000 inmates…
LINK - SFGate.com
