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Article: Population problem spills into fights in state prisons
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 5, 2008
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SACRAMENTO -- The stabbing attack on four guards at one
overcrowded state prison this week and a racially sparked brawl at
another mark the type of violence that guards, inmates' attorneys
and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have been worried about for years.
The violence comes at a critical juncture for the nation's
largest state prison system.
Later this year, a panel of federal judges will consider whether
the crowding has become so severe that the state must cap the inmate
population or release some prisoners early. Meanwhile, lawmakers are
considering a Schwarzenegger proposal to save money for the deficit-
ridden state by releasing more than 20,000 inmates before their
sentences end.
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