Daily Archives: January 11, 2013
Gov. Brown tries to justify unconstitutional prison overcrowding, backslides on Corrections budget
The state of California filed another response to the federal court order to reduce dangerous overcrowding in California’s prisons, urging the court to end the 137.5 percent population cap. Gov. Brown’s 2013-14 budget echoes comments earlier this week that the administration has deserted plans to shrink California’s over-sized prison population, ignoring clear messages from voters.