Justices, 5-4, Tell California to Cut Prisoner Population - 1 views
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mikael h on 24 May 11The Supreme Court ordered California to reduce its' prison population by 30,000 people. Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prison system is failing to deliver minimal care to the prisoners. Also, suicide rates in the prison are 80% higher than the average for inmates nationwide. There are now more than 140,000 inmates in the prison system now.