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| Gov. Brown Finally Surrenders on Prison Overcrowding |
| By publicceo.com- John Wildermuth. |
| Published: 02/20/2014 |
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The endgame is here for Gov. Jerry Brown’s long-running battle with the courts over prison overcrowding. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District court gave Brown the two-year extension he was looking for, but he had to pay the price. And it was a steep one. The governor agreed to accept the court’s long-standing ruling that the state’s prison population has to be capped at 137.5 percent of design capacity, or just over 112,000 inmates.He also has to immediately implement ways to get the 5,000 or so inmates over that limit out of the system, using methods like more “good time” credits for non-violent prisoners, faster parole for “two-strike” offenders and expanded parole for sick and elderly inmates. Read More. |
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