Government
Mar. 12, 2013
State prison critics seize on 2011 report in overcrowding debate
Amid allegations that overcrowding in state prisons has led to deficiencies in inmate care, a discovery dispute has uncovered a report that pegged capacity of prisons at 103,470 inmates - nearly 6,000 fewer than a court-ordered limit.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation report recently uncovered in a discovery dispute pegged the "operating capacity" of state prisons at 103,470 inmates - nearly 6,000 fewer than a court-ordered limit imposed in 2009.
The finding comes amid allegations that overcrowding in state prisons has led to unconstitutional deficiencies in inmate medical and mental health care....
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