June 15, 2011
Moving more inmates out of state raises new questions
California’s latest plan to alleviate prison overcrowding and meet a federal court order – announced last week – relies heavily on the transfer of thousands of inmates to county facilities, as long as the state can come up with the funding.
But unless prison officials exceed that already-ambitious transfer target, California might need to keep thousands of inmates locked up in facilities outside the state for many years, according to state analysts. The question facing prison officials is how long the state will have the legal authority to hold inmates in those prisons.
The Supreme Court last month upheld a lower court ruling requiring California to cut its prison population by about 32,000 inmates within two years...
LINK - CaliforniaWatch.org
