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Solutions for California’s Crowded Correctional System

By Steven Rodriguez

The overcrowding in California’s correctional system was brought into harsh light by the revelation that 1 in every 36 Californians is either in prison, in jail, on parole or on probation. The disturbing statistics were released as part of a state-by-state study of the nation’s correctional systems by the highly respected, independent, non-profit Pew Center on the States. (Read more about the study in our March 4 blog.)  In California, prison overcrowding and the state’s budget crunch are creating a perfect storm that threatens to put criminals back on the streets. State officials say they simply have no choice. There is neither space nor money to provide for the state’s growing prison population. According to the Pew report, corrections is one of the fastest-growing items in state budgets, costing an annual $68 billion nationally...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).