The latest issue of the Prison legal News (July 2011) headlines a front-page article on the US Supreme Court’s recent 5-to-4 decision calling for relief of California’s “cruel and unusual” prison system.
The Story & beyond: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), a network of 33 state prisons, is one of the largest and most overcrowded prison systems in the world with over 170,000 prisoners. more…


