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| Supreme Court To Mull California Prison Overcrowding As Hunger Strike Continues |
| By mintpressnews.com |
| Published: 07/25/2013 |
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is again in a position to decide whether California prisons must address overcrowding and release 9,000 prisoners by the end of the year. This occurs as nearly 1,000 California prisoners enter their third week of a hunger strike in protest of poor living conditions and the ongoing use of solitary confinement. The protest has elicited national attention and support from advocacy organizations that claim California prison authorities are not meeting basic human rights requirements. The Los Angeles Times reports that Justice Kennedy spoke for a 5-4 majority opinion two years ago, mandating the release of 47,000 prisoners because inmates were dying from the lack of decent medical care. Kennedy said the conditions amounted to unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment.” CNN reports that the current issue stems from two separate lawsuits filed in 1990 and 2001. The lawsuits claimed that overcrowding was creating inhumane conditions. In 2006, California prisons were at 202 percent capacity. Read More. |
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