May 30, 2008
New Folsom Prison frees up some space
Inmate overcrowding is lessening at the state prison nicknamed New Folsom, but a questionable convict death last month currently clouds a program that moves California inmates to out-of-state private custody.
Progress on prison crowding comes under legislation, AB 900, designed to fund prison construction, provide for transfer of California inmates out-of-state and reduce the number of drug offenders housed in state prisons.
At the local California State Prison, Sacramento, just uphill from Folsom State Prison, officials have nearly emptied a couple of gymnasiums formerly full of what are known as "bad beds," said spokeswoman Judy Loer. Bad beds are any non-regulation sleeping arrangements that have been made up in prison gyms and clinics around the state's penal institutions…
LINK - EDHTelegraph.com (El Dorado Hills Telegraph)
