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California's overcrowded prisons: all free?
California correctional system is designed for the simultaneous maintenance of 80 thousand people. This is currently serving time in prisons about 148 thousand people. Therefore, May 23 The US Supreme Court established in the form of an order to relieve overcrowded prisons California, despite the fact that some people believe that such a decision would lead to an increase in crime, not only in California but across the country.
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1. Prisoners - 46-year-old Anthony Turner and 23-year-old Daniel King posing standing in his cell. The US Supreme Court considered the conditions under which prisoners are held in violation of the US Constitution.
2. Turner prisoner serving a 25-year prison sentence. In the children's picture says, "We miss you! Hugs, kisses. P.S. Soon we arrive provedyvat! »
3. A prisoner with a book in the prison gym, which is now due to lack of space for prisoners. According to the newspaper "New York Times" in the prison in the town of Chino, California in the prison premises are bunk beds, and overcrowding. Patients with diabetes, mental illness and AIDS, there is no place and no one treat - not only do not have enough beds in the hospital, but medical workers.
4. In California prisons, as in the overcrowded prisons of other US states - such as Ohio and Nebraska - conditions are unsatisfactory.
5. The 35-year-old Joseph Erickson, who was convicted of armed robbery, sorts prison robe.
6. The 29-year-old Bobby Cortez sits inside a barred room, which is used to wait for meetings with relatives, lawyers, physicians, and sometimes for permanent detention of prisoners.
7. Conclusion on the phone in the prison gym, which is due to too many inmates used for their maintenance.
8. Training in the prison yard. Not so long ago, the state began to produce freedom from prison inmates who served only half of schedule. Until now, the power of California did not go so far in an effort to cope with a chronic lack of funding. Previously existing rule: the offender can be released after serving in prison for at least 80% due.
9. The government of California are working on possible ways to save budget money without damage to the security of the citizens of the state. Among the initiatives - the early release of the elderly and infirm offenders, privatization of the penal correction system and transfer of the detainees to prisons in other states, where the content is cheaper.
10. The prisoners in the courtyard, where there is usually involved in sports. The conflict between the judiciary and the leadership of the State of California about overcrowding lasts from the beginning of the 1990s. During this time, against the state government had filed a significant number of complaints.
11. Personal belongings of a prisoner in a cell. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Supreme Court's decision to reduce the number of prisoners in the state of California will lead to an increase in crime, not only in California but across the country.
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11 ph here
1. Prisoners - 46-year-old Anthony Turner and 23-year-old Daniel King posing standing in his cell. The US Supreme Court considered the conditions under which prisoners are held in violation of the US Constitution.
2. Turner prisoner serving a 25-year prison sentence. In the children's picture says, "We miss you! Hugs, kisses. P.S. Soon we arrive provedyvat! »
3. A prisoner with a book in the prison gym, which is now due to lack of space for prisoners. According to the newspaper "New York Times" in the prison in the town of Chino, California in the prison premises are bunk beds, and overcrowding. Patients with diabetes, mental illness and AIDS, there is no place and no one treat - not only do not have enough beds in the hospital, but medical workers.
4. In California prisons, as in the overcrowded prisons of other US states - such as Ohio and Nebraska - conditions are unsatisfactory.
5. The 35-year-old Joseph Erickson, who was convicted of armed robbery, sorts prison robe.
6. The 29-year-old Bobby Cortez sits inside a barred room, which is used to wait for meetings with relatives, lawyers, physicians, and sometimes for permanent detention of prisoners.
7. Conclusion on the phone in the prison gym, which is due to too many inmates used for their maintenance.
8. Training in the prison yard. Not so long ago, the state began to produce freedom from prison inmates who served only half of schedule. Until now, the power of California did not go so far in an effort to cope with a chronic lack of funding. Previously existing rule: the offender can be released after serving in prison for at least 80% due.
9. The government of California are working on possible ways to save budget money without damage to the security of the citizens of the state. Among the initiatives - the early release of the elderly and infirm offenders, privatization of the penal correction system and transfer of the detainees to prisons in other states, where the content is cheaper.
10. The prisoners in the courtyard, where there is usually involved in sports. The conflict between the judiciary and the leadership of the State of California about overcrowding lasts from the beginning of the 1990s. During this time, against the state government had filed a significant number of complaints.
11. Personal belongings of a prisoner in a cell. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Supreme Court's decision to reduce the number of prisoners in the state of California will lead to an increase in crime, not only in California but across the country.
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