Friday, March 2, 2012

California prisons overcrowding

  • TRACY, Calif. — California prisons marked a milestone Friday, when officials said they had removed the last of nearly 20,000 beds that had been jammed into gymnasiums and other common areas to house inmates who overflowed traditional prison cells.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • TRACY, Calif. — California prisons are marking a milestone after removing the last of nearly 20,000 beds that were jammed into gymnasiums and other common areas to house inmates who overflowed traditional prison cells.
  • (Palm Beach Post)
  • KCRA.com After two decades of serious overcrowding in California prisons, state corrections secretary Matthew Cate on Friday declared the crisis over.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • face the most severe overcrowding. In recent visits to the Vandalia and Vienna correctional centers, for instance, the John Howard Association found inmates in conditions that rival California's prisons.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Their use stemmed from the prison system at one point holding twice as many inmates as the 80,000 it was designed to house.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • SACRAMENTO, California (AP) California prisons are marking a milestone as they remove the last of nearly 20,000 extra beds that had been jammed into gymnasiums and other areas to house inmates who overflowed traditional cells.
  • (WJTV.com)
  • Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to release about 40,000 inmates because prison conditions caused by chronic overcrowding violated the constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
  • (Raw Story)
  • Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate says double- and triple-stacked bunk beds became the iconic symbol of Californias prison overcrowding crisis. He is announcing the end of the nontraditional beds at a news conference Friday.
  • (KHSLTV)

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