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| CDCR will not meet deadline to reduce prison population |
| By news10.net - Nannette Miranda, ABC7 |
| Published: 08/14/2012 |
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SACRAMENTO, CA - Even after being ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce its prison population, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation admits it probably won't be able to meet the mandate of 137.5 percent of capacity by the June 2013 deadline. There are roughly 6,000 to 8,000 more inmates in the system that need to be moved. Instead, the agency will ask to raise the cap to 145 percent, defending the move by saying it's not the number that counts. "We are making great progress towards improving the quality of health care in the prison system and that's really what the federal courts were interested in." CDCR spokesperson Jeffrey Callison said. California's prison system is famously overcrowded, so much so, inmates die because they couldn't see a doctor. Reducing the prison population was seen as a way to bring healthcare up to Constitutional standards. Read More. |
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