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California governor proposes $315 million plan to ease prison overcrowding
Source: Reuters
California governor proposes 315 million plan to ease prison overcrowding
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES | Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown, facing a federal court order to ease overcrowding in the state's prison system, proposed a $315 million plan on Tuesday to expand inmate capacity by leasing space from county jails and other facilities.
The Democratic governor, who was joined by Republican leaders of the state legislature in announcing the bill, said his proposal would reduce California's prisons to 137.5 percent of capacity, as required by the court, and avoid the controversial early release of thousands of inmates.
He is seeking passage of the bill in the California legislature which would allocate funding.
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After years of litigation, a specially appointed panel of three appellate judges ruled in 2009 that California's prisons can exceed their design capacity but set a specific cap on the inmate population that would force the state to either find new homes for some 10,000 prisoners or let them go.
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By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES | Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:57pm EDT
(Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown, facing a federal court order to ease overcrowding in the state's prison system, proposed a $315 million plan on Tuesday to expand inmate capacity by leasing space from county jails and other facilities.
The Democratic governor, who was joined by Republican leaders of the state legislature in announcing the bill, said his proposal would reduce California's prisons to 137.5 percent of capacity, as required by the court, and avoid the controversial early release of thousands of inmates.
He is seeking passage of the bill in the California legislature which would allocate funding.
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After years of litigation, a specially appointed panel of three appellate judges ruled in 2009 that California's prisons can exceed their design capacity but set a specific cap on the inmate population that would force the state to either find new homes for some 10,000 prisoners or let them go.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/28/us-usa-california-prisons-idUSBRE97R00P20130828
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