July 8, 2008
Prison Cell Integration Prompts Debate: Male Inmates Will Start Integrating Prison Cells In July
Lawmakers at the Capitol discussed Monday the state's unwritten policy of segregating prison cells based on race, a practice set to end this month.
With prisons continuing to be overcrowded, California finally agreed to inmates, becoming the last state in the U.S. to do so after facing a lawsuit.
"Most other states have not had a practice of segregating from the beginning," state Sen. Gloria Romero said. "They have not had to undo essentially 30 years without a civil rights movement in a prison system…"
LINK - KCRA.com News Sacramento
