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Power was restored Tuesday at an overcrowded California men's prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days following a major electrical outage amid a heat wave. The problem was ...
Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week advanced a ...
The prisons watchdog warned it was ‘inevitable’ some of the hundreds released would reoffend.
Prison overcrowding in the United States is a social phenomenon occurring when the demand for space in a U.S. prison exceeds the capacity for prisoners. [1] The issues associated with prison overcrowding are not new, and have been brewing for many years.
California's Public Safety Realignment initiative, officially known as "Realignment", [1] was a combination of two bills passed by the state of California, with the ultimate goal of reducing its state prison population by shifting much of that population to county jails. It was the result of a court-order in response to shortfalls in medical ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been under federal court supervision since the Supreme Court of the United States found that California's prison overcrowding constitutes cruel and unusual punishment (Brown v. Plata, 2011).
Watchdog warns of potential disorder inside jails as convicts freed more likely to ‘return to reoffending ways’ Public put in ‘greater danger’ due to failure to rehabilitate prisoners in ...
California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office anticipates a surplus of 20,000 state prison beds by 2027. Closing 10 state prisons could save billions to address fiscal challenges and ...