SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the statement below following today’s order from the Three-Judge Court:
“It is encouraging that the Three-Judge Court has agreed to a two-year
extension. The state now has the time and resources necessary to help
inmates become productive members of society and make our communities
safer.”
A panel of federal judges Monday gave California two more years to
cut its prison population to a level originally ordered in 2009, a move
that once again gives the state more breathing room to comply, but also
establishes a non-negotiable deadline.
The order from the
three-judge panel delayed an April deadline to reduce the prison
population to about 112,000 inmates. California remains more than 5,000
inmates over a limit set by the courts, even though the state has built
more prison space and used some private cells.
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