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California: Prisoners May Be Transferred Out of State To Alleviate Severe Prison Overcrowding
In 2008, the California Court of Appeal upheld the Governor's authority, under the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code, § 8550 et seq.), to proclaim a state of emergency because of severe overcrowding in the state's prisons, as well as the Governor's subsequent authorization for the California Department of Corrections ...
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