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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: jail overcrowding

jail overcrowding stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - California violates inmates' constitutional rights by cramming them into overcrowded and unhealthy prisons, three federal judges ruled today. They ordered the state to reduce its inmate population of 158,000 by 43,000 over two years, the Los Angeles Times reports. No word yet on whether California will appeal to... More »

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California • prison • Arnold Schwarzenegger • inmates • jail overcrowding

First Inmates Freed in Crack Overhaul

More than 3,000 eligible for release this year under new sentencing guidelines

Mar 5, 08 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal prisons are beginning to release prisoners to comply with new crack-cocaine sentencing guidelines, the Washington Post reports. The US Sentencing Commission made more than 3,000 inmates eligible for release this year by voting in December to even out punishments for crack-cocaine offenses against those involving powdered cocaine; crack... More »

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drugs • cocaine • Michael Mukasey • crack cocaine • sentencing guidelines • US Sentencing Commission • prisons • jail overcrowding • drug sentence

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