California Plan to Ease Prison Crowding Undermined by Counties

Published March 11, 2014

California plan to ease prison crowding undermined by counties
The law initially reduced the state prison population by 25,000 inmates and brought it close to the level demanded by a special panel of three federal judges who ruled that a reduction in crowding was the best way to improve treatment of inmates …
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Suspect in Holly Bobo case should not have been free
Of his 11-month, 29-day sentence, credit was given for 88 days already served in jail, and up to six months' credit was given for inpatient treatment and/or long-term transitional living at a drug rehab center. This, after shooting his mother, point …
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Jail vs rehab for drug problems — People with drug or alcohol addiction problems are being sent to prison for non-violent crimes rather than rehabilitation centers where their problems would …

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