Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 17, 2007
Judge Could Halt Inmate Transfers
Prison overcrowding has reached a crisis point in California, and judges have to decide whether to allow inmates to be transferred to other states or simply put a cap on the prison population.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Experts have warned for years that California's prisons are dangerously overcrowded.
In the fall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the $10-billion-a-year system to be in a state of emergency, and he ordered the transfer of thousands of inmates to private prisons out of state. It was a desperate stab at preventing the courts fr...
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