Comment on California prison overcrowding case heads to Supreme Court

California prison overcrowding case heads to Supreme Court

The state is appealing a 2009 federal judicial order to reduce the prison population by more than 40,000 in two years. Lawyers for 18 other states are backing the appeal.The suicide rate in California's overcrowded prisons is nearly twice the national average, and one inmate dies every eight days from inadequate medical care.

 

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