May 24, 2011
Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Calif prisons
Response from some California officials to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday that the state must drastically reduce its prison population to relieve severe overcrowding.
- "As we work to carry out the Court's ruling, I will take all steps necessary to protect public safety." - Gov. Jerry Brown.
- "These offenders will be returning to our communities perhaps sooner than we'd planned." - Riverside County Supervisor John Tavaglione, president of the California State Association of Counties, urging state lawmakers to make sure counties have the money to provide public safety and rehabilitation services.
- "If we don't do it smart, we could have all those people come back for additional crimes. We may ultimately have to build more prisons anyway, but I don't think we want to get cornered into that box." - Chuck Alexander, executive vice president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association...
LINK - SacBee.com
