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California’s Solution To Prison Overcrowding: $7.4 Billion To Build 53,000 New Beds
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2007
by Marvin Mentor
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2007, page 20
California's Solution To Prison Overcrowding: $7.4 Billion To Build 53,000 New Beds
Filed under:
Overcrowding,
Prisoner Privileges,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Parole,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Drug Treatment/Rehab,
State Legislation.
Location:
California.
by Marvin Mentor
Faced with three federal judges threatening to place a population cap on California's overcrowded prison system, the state Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger "cured" the problem in May 2007 by authorizing $7.4 billion in non-voter approved ...
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