July 30, 2011
What the state is doing to reduce number of inmates
Five years ago, a federal judge decided that substandard health care in California prisons was leading to the deaths of about 50 inmates a year. Two years ago, a federal court panel ordered the state to reduce its prison population to deal with the problem. And in May, the U.S. Supreme Court told the state that, yes, it has to comply with that order.
But California's prisons remain overcrowded.
The state recently filed a preliminary report with the courts spelling out how it intends to meet deadlines to reduce the number of prisoners from the current 143,500 to 110,000 by 2013...
LINK - SFGate.com
