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The effort comes from governors of both parties and could stall decades of tough-on-crime policies that saw state-prison populations boom.

States Seek Prison Breaks Gary Fields 2011

He called it "the only viable plan" to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in May that California must cut its state-prison population.

Los Angeles Warns About Parolee Risks Tamara Audi 2011

So it was unclear what the impact would be on state-prison populations, said Mr. Hidalgo, the spokesman for the corrections department.

Prison Ruling Rattles California Budget Vauhini Vara 2011

Set to go into effect in October, the change is meant to save money and reduce state-prison overcrowding, an especially urgent task after a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that California must shed thousands of inmates from its prisons.

County Jails Prepare for Extra Guests Vauhini Vara 2011

California, with the largest state-prison population, enacted a law in January that is projected to reduce its prison population by as much as 6,500 this year, partly by allowing some inmates to cut more of their terms with good behavior.

More Ex-Cons on the Streets, Fewer Jobs Nathan Koppel 2010

California, with the largest state-prison population, enacted a law in January that is projected to reduce its prison population by as much as 6,500 this year, partly by allowing some inmates to cut more of their terms with good behavior.

More Ex-Cons on the Streets, Fewer Jobs Nathan Koppel 2010

California, with the largest state-prison population, enacted a law in January that is projected to reduce its prison population by as much as 6,500 this year, partly by allowing some inmates to cut more of their terms with good behavior.

More Ex-Cons on the Streets, Fewer Jobs Nathan Koppel 2010

The governor's plan also helps another problem: a federal court in February ordered that the state-prison population be reduced by 55,000 inmates within three years to relieve overcrowding, as well as poor medical and mental-health care.

California Inmate Plan Draws Ire 2009

Between 1985 and 1996, total expenditures on state-prison activities more than doubled, going from just under $13 billion to over $27 billion.

The Prison Paradox 2008

West v. Atkins (private physician under contract to provide orthopedic services at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis was a state actor acting under color of state law).

Balkinization 2006