California State Prison Overcrowding

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the topic of “California State Prison Overcrowding” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “California State Prison Overcrowding” and its relation with “US policy”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “California State Prison Overcrowding” and tries to gauge its effect on “US policy”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “California State Prison Overcrowding” California State Prison Overcrowding

Thesis Statement

“Criminal Policy of United States along with other factors has to overcrowding of prison in California”.

Introduction

The mass incarceration (mass incarceration) is a model of criminal policy in the United States. In 2009, 1.5 million people were in prison, or nearly 1% of the population, a staggering ratio (10 times higher than in France). The sentencing many prisoners condemned to spend the rest of their lives, sometimes for minor offenses.

Discussion

Causes behind Overcrowding

In a case emblematic (US Supreme Court, May 23, 2011), the United States Supreme Court upheld the order sent to the State of California by a panel of three federal judges of reduce from 200% to 137.5% average rate of overcrowding in the prisons of the State of California: approximately 37,000 of 156,000 inmates should be released within two years. The lucky recipients were expanded simply placed on parole or under supervision (including electronic). The most dangerous were transferred to prisons in counties (the California State must compensate in return, while it is in a position of near bankruptcy): prison overcrowding then moves to the county jails that are not suitable for Home of long sentences. The lawsuit was brought on the basis of the 8th Amendment (part of the US Bill of Rights) prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment to denounce the disgraceful conditions of medical care of prisoners (those In particular, chronic diseases and mental illness) and mortality caused by lack of care. Numbers shocked the Justices: 50 deaths per year due to lack of care, up to 700 names on a waiting list to see a doctor, sometimes a toilet for 54 prisoners and mental patients locked in cages the size of a telephone booth. The Supreme Court observed that no court order less radical has proven its effectiveness over the last 20 years: a first class action was filed in 1990 in a case of Coleman v. Brown (on behalf of mentally ill prisoners) and resulted in the appointment ...