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Supreme Court Hears Prison Overcrowding Case
For 20 years the State of California has been charged with unhealthy and inhumane treatment of prisoners, but failed to meet many promises to ease overcrowding. Today, the US Supreme Court took up the state’s appeal of an appellate court ruling that 40,000 prisoners be released.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readFor 20 years the State of California has been charged with unhealthy and inhumane treatment of prisoners, but failed to meet many promises to ease overcrowding. Today, the US Supreme Court took up the state’s appeal of an appellate court ruling that 40,000 prisoners be released.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
David Savage
Supreme Court reporter for the Los Angeles Times
Don Thompson
freelance reporter, Kaiser Health News
Joan Petersilia
Stanford Criminal Justice Center
The full episode
1 of 3California's Prisons and a New Attorney General- 0:00Supreme Court Hears Prison Overcrowding CaseYou’re reading this
- 13:30Kamala Harris Takes a Victory Lap
- 25:46Washington Rumbles over Taxes and Unemployment Benefits