California's Prison Crisis

[dajoga]

Putting the 'Crowd' in 'Overcrowded'

Last month, federal judges “ordered the creation of a three-judge panel” to address the overcrowding crisis in California’s prisons. One possible solution is a cap on prison population. That could force the state to release up to 35,000 inmates.

Sounds drastic, doesn’t it? It’s a shame that no one saw it coming—no one except people who work in and around the criminal justice system, including Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice reform arm of Prison Fellowship.

California’s prisons put the “crowd” in “overcrowded.” There are 173,000 inmates in a system designed to hold about half that many. That’s why Governor Schwarzenegger issued an emergency order last year transferring 8,000 inmates to private facilities in other states.

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[DoctorDoom]

When a state has rampant crime, it must expect that it will have a surfeit of criminals. However, there's a solution.

In the middle of the Mojave, twenty miles from the nearest population, put a double fence around 1 square mile of terrain. Within the perimeter, the basics of sustenance and shelter will be provided, and facilities will be available to allow the inmates to grow their own food and earn their keep.

Beyond the fence, it's open season. Any inmate caught outside of the outer fence can, if evidence is provided for the escape attempt, be shot and killed, and his body returned for a reward. Anyone between the fences, whether inmate or outsider, is subject to being shot and killed by the prison officers. In either case, no medical treatment will be provided. If one round does not end the offender's life, then the next one will.

Put the incorrigible hard-asses in there and a lot of room can be freed up in the existing prisons for lower-level felons.

[Beowulf]

Limit the appeals process and execute those on death row after one appeal. That should help a little.

[The_Elucidator]

There are 173,000 inmates in a system designed to hold about half that many. That’s why Governor Schwarzenegger issued an emergency order last year transferring 8,000 inmates to private facilities in other states.

How many would you have minus the illegals? This ain't rocket science Arnold.....

[Wyatt_Junker]

Between the weight room, cable TV and the conjugals these poor criminals will now have to suffer overcrowding. It must be unbearable. Not enough computers to go around in the lounge must suck. All the rapists are surfing porn and the throat slashers can't sit down to watch Break.com.

Sounds like a crisis for sure.