May 20, 2008
Prison overcrowding case draws settlement offer
Two court-appointed referees proposed a settlement today in the state prison inmate overcrowding lawsuit that would avoid the early release of inmates.
The proposal anticipates that the prison system will add enough new beds to lower the inmate overcrowding rate. The settlement also wants the state to put more offenders into alternative sanction programs rather than sending them back to prison by the tens of thousands on minor parole violations.
Neither the inmate rights attorneys who filed the motion for the prison population cap nor attorneys for the state have signed off on the settlement…
LINK - SacBee.com (The Sacramento Bee)
