Court Orders California to Cut Prison Population

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/us/10prison.html?_r=1


The California prison system must reduce overcrowding by as many as 55,000 inmates within three years to provide a constitutional level of medical and mental health care, a federal three-judge panel tentatively ruled Monday.

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“The evidence is compelling that there is no relief other than a prisoner-release order that will remedy the unconstitutional prison conditions,” the panel said in its tentative ruling.

The California attorney general, Jerry Brown, vowed to appeal the ruling.

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Lawyers for the prisoners said that despite California’s exceptionally poor conditions, the ruling could have a national impact on prison reform if other inmate lawsuits seek population caps on other overcrowded facilities.
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let the tokers out! free the tokers!

[Baikonour]

1. If you're looking to free marijuana users, which is perfectly fine, California isn't the place.

Honestly, they do not arrest many marijuana users, medicinal or not, in California.

However, if ANY person in California is in jail due to a marijuana dispensary raid, they should be released IMMEDIATELY.

[tridim]

2. Everyone knows exactly how to solve this problem.

But for some reason it's taboo to even suggest that Cannabis be legalized.

I'm guessing they'll free drunk drivers who have hurt people and let the peaceful cannabis users rot.

[Johonny]

3. I'm guessing they'll use no logic at all

Simply release people that have x amount left on their sentence.