Three years ago, the US Supreme court ruled that overcrowding in California’s prisons violated prisoners constitutional rights. The Brown Administration then instituted “realignment,” which means sending convicts for lesser crimes to county jails instead of state prisons. But there is no system of oversight—or even data collection—to determine the impact. So the LA Times conducted its own investigation.
Prison Realignment and the Early Release of Jail Inmates
Credits
Guests:
- Paige St. John - Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the LA Times - @paigestjohn
- Robert Weisberg - Stanford University - @StanfordLaw
- Margarita Perez - Los Angeles County Probation Department - @LACProbation
- Carole D'Elia - Little Hoover Commission