Government
Jun. 22, 2013
Court blasts state over prison population, threatens contempt
A federal demanded the state begin implementing further measures to reduce its prison population to the level the court demanded four years ago, warning that failure to comply would "constitute an act of contempt."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal three-judge panel on Thursday demanded that the state begin implementing further measures to reduce its prison population to the level the court demanded four years ago, warning that failure to comply would "constitute an act of contempt."
The state should begin carrying out a plan it submitted in May and include an additional measure: "the expansion of good time credits,&qu...
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