U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 13, 2010
Overcrowding Suit Heads to D.C.
On Tuesday, three federal judges, who had previously ruled in August that overcrowding was causing poor conditions in prison medical and mental health care, ordered the state to reduce its prison population from about 200 to 137.5 percent capacity.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The debate over California's overcrowded prisons is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, three federal judges, who had previously ruled in August that overcrowding was causing poor conditions in prison medical and mental health care, ordered the state to reduce its prison population from about 200 percent capacity to 137.5 percent capacity within two years. The judges stayed implementa...
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