June 15, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court to take up California prison overcrowding case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether federal judges had the authority to order California to lower its prison population by 40,000 to ease overcrowding and improve health care, putting any reduction on hold for another year...
LINK - SFGate.com
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up the issue of whether the federal judiciary can force a reduction of California's prison population in order to improve inmate health care.
Briefing and oral argument will be in the court's 2010-11 term that begins Oct. 4...
LINK - SacBee.com
