Criminal
Jun. 10, 2011
Breaking California's Prison Habit
California locks up too many people who pose little threat to public safety. By Allen Hopper of the ACLU of Northern California
Last month, in Brown v. Plata, the U.S. Supreme Court joined a growing chorus of voices who agree that California must stop imprisoning so many people. Affirming the 2009 findings of a three-judge district court panel, the High Court concluded that California's prison system is so bloated that it poses extreme risks to prisoners and to prison staff, and that reducing the numbers of people in state prisons is the only way to end grossly ...
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