Article: Editorial: Time for California to draft reasonable prison plan

CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS are playing a reckless and irresponsible game of chicken with the federal courts concerning its broken-down, unconstitutional prison system. It should stop immediately.

The last time we heard from the federal court system concerning California prisons came from the top, the U.S. Supreme Court just a few weeks ago. California had hoped to convince the high court to overturn a ruling by a federal three-judge panel ordering the state to release 40,000 prisoners over two years because of severe overcrowding. The state lost that appeal and was ordered by last Friday to fashion a plan for compliance.

The state did, but obviously Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Department of ...

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