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| State officials scramble to craft new inmate reduction plan |
| By scpr.org |
| Published: 10/23/2009 |
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California prisons hold nearly 170,000 inmates. They’re designed to hold about half that many. Earlier this year, three federal judges ruled that overcrowding was the main reason inmates fail to get basic mental and medical care. They ordered prison officials to draft a plan to reduce the inmate population by 44,000 in two years. The plan the Schwarzenegger Administration submitted cut it only by about half that, and over three years, not two. Gordon Hinkel with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stands by the plan. “The state is going to continue to work to implement reforms that we’ve enacted by the state budget that will reduce overcrowding without compromising public safety,” Hinkle said. But Hinkel said the Schwarzenegger Administration will respond to the order for a new prisoner reduction plan by Nov. 12. The judges say that plan must reduce the prison population more, provide more details on how California will achieve those reductions, and include a timetable that specifies when it will happen. Read More. |
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