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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly endorsed reducing California's cramped prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to fix sometimes deadly problems in medical care, ruling that federal judges retain enormous power to oversee troubled state prisons. The court's 5-4 decision means California may have to release tens of thousands of inmates or take other unprecedented steps to ease overcrowding in its prisons. The reduction is "required by the Constitution" to correct longstanding violations of inmates' rights to adequate care for their mental and physical health, the court said. In 2009, the state's prisons averaged nearly a death a week that might have been prevented or delayed with better medical care. Calif. ordered to cut its inmate population* - US news - Crime & courts - msnbc.com
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America. Busting at the seams with criminals. ROFL. The order mandates a prison population of no more than 110,000 inmates, still far above the 80,000 the system was designed to hold. There were more than 143,000 inmates in California's 33 adult prisons as of May 11, so roughly 33,000 inmates will need to be transferred to other jurisdictions or released.
This article is from 2008. 1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says - New York Times
“While we certainly want to be smart about who we put into prisons,” Professor Cassell said, “it would be a mistake to think that we can release any significant number of prisoners without increasing crime rates. One out of every 100 adults is behind bars because one out of every 100 adults has committed a serious criminal offense.” "Like smoking weed, man. You know, herb?..PUFF PUFF TOKE TOKE? That s*** ain't no joke, bro!"
(.....I made that last part up, sorry....but that would've been hilarious.)
Ms. Urahn said the nation cannot afford the incarceration rate documented in the report. “We tend to be a country in which incarceration is an easy response to crime,” she said. “Being tough on crime is an easy position to take, particularly if you have the money. And we did have the money in the ‘80s and ‘90s.”
As the government heaps more and more laws on us it has become nearly impossible to get through the day without committing a crime.
CA. has strict gun laws. Only criminals can carry a hand gun. Now they are going to release tens of thousands of felons while reducing the Police force.
Those of you still in CA should jump that ship of fools. I did. I love it here in TX. I can walk into a sporting goods store and walk out with an AR-15 and a Texas size box of ammo.
As the government heaps more and more laws on us it has become nearly impossible to get through the day without committing a crime.
CA. has strict gun laws. Only criminals can carry a hand gun. Now they are going to release tens of thousands of felons while reducing the Police force.
Those of you still in CA should jump that ship of fools. I did. I love it here in TX. I can walk into a sporting goods store and walk out with an AR-15 and a Texas size box of ammo.
I'm sure CA would be quite safe with half as many cops as they now have. They just need to quit prosecuting people for drug crimes and prostitution.
It should be easy to release 40,000 or more convicts. Start with all of the non violent drug convicts....
When federal courts made Philadelphia release thousands of inmates in the 1990s, police re-arrested thousands over 18 months, resulting in 1,113 assault charges, 90 rape charges and 79 murder charges.
Release all nonviolent drug prisoners, prostitutes, drunk drivers, and prisoners over 70 (other than murderers and pedos).
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