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Criminal

Apr. 9, 2020

State prisons plan to release 3,500 inmates by Monday

Meanwhile, the opposing sides in a long-running federal prisoner rights case filed new briefs Wednesday as they dueled over whether the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation should be forced to release thousands more.

California prisons have released about 1,300 inmates and plans to release another 2,200 on Monday to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the opposing sides in a long-running federal prisoner rights case filed new briefs Wednesday as they dueled over whether the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation should be forced to release thousands more. This follows a three-judge federal panel's denial on Saturday of the plaintif...

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